A Theology Of Reading: The Hermeneutics Of LoveIf the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one's neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and Cervantes, Nabokov and Nicholson Baker, George Eliot and W. H. Auden and Dickens), Jacobs pursues an elusive quarry: the charitable reader. |
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... Hero and Don John (the innocent victim and the villain) actually know that the charge of fornication is false. Or do they alone know? That depends on what counts as knowledge. The first to speak on Hero's behalf—after even her own ...
... Hero and Don John (the innocent victim and the villain) actually know that the charge of fornication is false. Or do they alone know? That depends on what counts as knowledge. The first to speak on Hero's behalf—after even her own ...
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... Hero's blushes as they should be read—which is to say, in accordance with the truth of the situation and of her character. Claudio and Don Pedro possess what they think of as “ocular proof” of Hero's infidelity, and that alone serves to ...
... Hero's blushes as they should be read—which is to say, in accordance with the truth of the situation and of her character. Claudio and Don Pedro possess what they think of as “ocular proof” of Hero's infidelity, and that alone serves to ...
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... Hero is almost totally visual, the product of his repeated “looking upon her”; and second, that the growth of ... Hero's faithlessness, Claudio cannot make recourse to any other knowledge that might incline him to question the ...
... Hero is almost totally visual, the product of his repeated “looking upon her”; and second, that the growth of ... Hero's faithlessness, Claudio cannot make recourse to any other knowledge that might incline him to question the ...
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... Hero feel for each other—is productive of this intimate knowledge, this connaissance. The Aristotelian view stresses ... Hero's character that gives the lie to the princes' accusation—and, one might add, to Leonato's shockingly immediate ...
... Hero feel for each other—is productive of this intimate knowledge, this connaissance. The Aristotelian view stresses ... Hero's character that gives the lie to the princes' accusation—and, one might add, to Leonato's shockingly immediate ...
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... Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick have known each other for many years. It appears that, before the “merry war” of wit (I.i.56) in which they have been for some time engaged, they had some sort of romantic relationship (II.i.261 ...
... Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick have known each other for many years. It appears that, before the “merry war” of wit (I.i.56) in which they have been for some time engaged, they had some sort of romantic relationship (II.i.261 ...
Contents
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THE ILLUMINATI | 37 |
TRANSFER OF CHARISMA | 69 |
QUIXOTIC READING | 91 |
TWO CHARITABLE READERS | 113 |
Postlude | 145 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 173 |
Index | 183 |
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