Death be not proud : the art of holy attention / David Marno.
| Author/creator | Marno, David author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016] |
| Description | xi, 315 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Class 200 new studies in religion Class 200, new studies in religion. ^A1316308 |
| Contents | The pistis of the poem -- The thanksgiving machine -- Distracted prayers -- Attention exercises -- Extentus -- Sarcasmos -- The spiritual body -- Coda. |
| Summary | The seventeenth-century French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche thought that philosophy could learn a valuable lesson from prayer, which teaches us how to attend, wait, and be open for what might happen next. Death Be Not Proud, the inaugural book in the Class 200 series, explores the precedents of Malebranche's advice by reading John Donne's poetic prayers in the context of what David Marno calls the "art of holy attention." If in Malebranche's view, attention is a hidden bond between religion and philosophy, devotional poetry is the area where this bond becomes visible. Marno shows that in works like "Death, be not proud," Donne's most triumphant poem about the resurrection, the goal is to allow the poem's speaker to experience a given doctrine as his own thought, as an idea occurring to him. But while the thought must feel like an unexpected event for the speaker, the poem itself is a careful preparation for it. And the key to this preparation is attention, the only state in which the speaker can perceive the doctrine as a cognitive gift. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2016014272 |
| ISBN | 9780226415970 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 022641597X hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PR2247 .H663 M37 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |