TY - JOUR
T1 - Wordsworth and the Idea of a Poetic Theodicy
AU - Alznauer, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Claims are often made that, in the late eighteenth century or early nineteenth century, artists attempted to take over certain functions from religion, particularly the function of redeeming the world. But what exactly it might mean for art to redeem the world is rarely treated with any precision. In this essay, I show that Wordsworth’s idea of a poetic theodicy offers an unusually clear and appealing form of the redemptive view of art, which, when properly understood, is less vulnerable to standard criticisms than is commonly thought.
AB - Claims are often made that, in the late eighteenth century or early nineteenth century, artists attempted to take over certain functions from religion, particularly the function of redeeming the world. But what exactly it might mean for art to redeem the world is rarely treated with any precision. In this essay, I show that Wordsworth’s idea of a poetic theodicy offers an unusually clear and appealing form of the redemptive view of art, which, when properly understood, is less vulnerable to standard criticisms than is commonly thought.
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U2 - 10.1353/phl.2022.0019
DO - 10.1353/phl.2022.0019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85149028592
SN - 0190-0013
VL - 46
SP - 263
EP - 279
JO - Philosophy and Literature
JF - Philosophy and Literature
IS - 2
ER -