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Redefinitions of the idea of God in postmodernism : Berryman and Pinsky
Author
Chan, Cindy Mavis Siew Fun
Supervisor
Lumsden, Robert
Abstract
This study aims to examine the idea of God in the post-modernism era through the poetry of John Berryman and Robert Pinsky. I am interested in uncovering how their works unveil perspectives of God which differ from His traditional role as understood in the Judeo-Christian sense and to achieve this, my study begins by illustrating how God and religion are perceived in the eyes of Victorian and Modern poets. America's outlook on religion and its development in the 1960s is next explored in order to help us understand how Berryman and Pinsky, both of whom were products of that transitional age, may have formed their religious attitudes. The last chapter presents a study of Berryman and Pinsky's poetry and by investigating the nature of their relationship with God and how their views correspond to or diverge from the postmodern concept of immanence, I hope to gain an insight into the ways God's role and purpose have altered in our postmodern condition. My study concludes with an attempt to consider how a redefinition of the idea of God enables us to gain a better understanding of His role in our contemporary world.
Date Issued
2001
Call Number
PN98.P64 Cha
Date Submitted
2001