A Philosophy of the Unsayable

A Philosophy of the Unsayable This monograph proposes an original philosophy pivoting on analysis of the limits of language and explains why the encounter with what exceeds speech has become the crucial philosophical issue of our time.  It also offers readings of literary texts, especially the poetic oeuvres of Paul Celan and Edmond Jabès, in…

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The Revelation of Imagination

The Revelation of Imagination:   From Homer and the Bible through Virgil and Augustine to Dante Link to Publishers Website Link to Project Muse: The Revelation of Imagination Link to Amazon page and customer reviews REVIEWS: Wayne Cristaudo, “The Wisdom of the Western Canon,” Review of Revelation of Imagination Rebecca Dark, Review of Revelation of Imagination…

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Secular Scriptures

Secular Scriptures: Modern Theological Poetics in the Wake of Dante Link to publishers web page about this book “In a series of dazzling essays taking Dante as their starting point, William Franke finds the trace of religious meaning throughout different forms of modern poetry, whose gaps and discontinuities he claims point to the ineffable beyond…

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A Theology of Literature

A Theology of Literature: The Bible as Revelation in the Tradition of the Humanities               “Well known for his distinguished work on mysticism and the apophatic, in this new monograph William Franke offers a remarkable development in the field of literature and theology. Building on the foundations laid by…

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Chinese University of Hong Kong Lecture

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