What Do the Inconsolable See?: From Virgil’s Orpheus to Marilynne Robinson’s Ruth

Wisdom is often is often said to begin with a meditation on death or, at the deepest level, with our attempt to cope with the death of another: with our passage through loss, grief, mourning, the risk of despair. Stories of loss and renewal help us to work again, love again, and walk with a lighter...

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Main Author: Baker, Robert 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 132-147
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vergilius Maro, Publius 70 BC-19 BC, Georgica / Orpheus, Fictitious character ca. 6.-5. Jh. v. Chr. / Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926, Sonette an Orpheus / Robinson, Marilynne 1944-, Housekeeping / Loss (Motif)
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Housekeeping
B Virgil
B Vision
B Marilynne Robinson
B Orpheus
B Loss
B Rilke
B Mourning
B Melancholy
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