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The Recognition of Faith in the Poetry of Tomas Transtromer

The Recognition of Faith in the Poetry of Tomas Transtromer Jenifer Whiting Mission: to be where I am. Even in that ridiculous, deadly serious role--I am the place where creation is working itself out. --"the outpost" The unseen--God, angels, ghosts, saints--populate acclaimed Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer's world. Transtromer is a master at taking life's foggy realms--hallucinations, dreams, meditations-- and breaking them upon the page in brief, breathtakingly concrete images. Startling, too, is Transtromer's view of the self. For a poet in the twenty-first century, his modern, secular poetic voice is surprisingly free of cynicism about the direction of humanity and, indeed, all of God's creation. In Transtromer's poems, the recognition of God's work on earth is a delicious secret, delighted in by the poet and his characters. The poet seems to stumble on his faith, recognizing it in moments that burst upon him unexpectedly, usually triggered by something concrete: flowers, violins, cars spinning on the highway. This examination will explore the theme of faith 7:4 fall 2004 through three recognitions that repeatedly occur in Transtromer's poetry: the recognition of the holy unseen as magnetic forces drawing human beings toward them, the recognition of the self as God's unfolding creation, and the recognition of others and nature as fellow http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture

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Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture
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Copyright © 2004 The University of St. Thomas.
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Abstract

Jenifer Whiting Mission: to be where I am. Even in that ridiculous, deadly serious role--I am the place where creation is working itself out. --"the outpost" The unseen--God, angels, ghosts, saints--populate acclaimed Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer's world. Transtromer is a master at taking life's foggy realms--hallucinations, dreams, meditations-- and breaking them upon the page in brief, breathtakingly concrete images. Startling, too, is Transtromer's view of the self. For a poet in the twenty-first century, his modern, secular poetic voice is surprisingly free of cynicism about the direction of humanity and, indeed, all of God's creation. In Transtromer's poems, the recognition of God's work on earth is a delicious secret, delighted in by the poet and his characters. The poet seems to stumble on his faith, recognizing it in moments that burst upon him unexpectedly, usually triggered by something concrete: flowers, violins, cars spinning on the highway. This examination will explore the theme of faith 7:4 fall 2004 through three recognitions that repeatedly occur in Transtromer's poetry: the recognition of the holy unseen as magnetic forces drawing human beings toward them, the recognition of the self as God's unfolding creation, and the recognition of others and nature as fellow

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Published: Sep 30, 2004

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