A Sacerdotal Poetics: Yves Bonnefoy's Reforging of W. B. Yeats

This book offers a new way of understanding the old conflict between iconophiles and iconoclasts by exploring the way images in poetry are used by one poet, W. B. Yeats, and his translator, Yves Bonnefoy. Using the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion as a tool of interpretation, the book suggests further that translation is a significant act in which one entire theological world of a Protestant poet may become a completely different, Catholic one when the translation is performed by a culturally Catholic poet. For Bonnefoy, therefore, the act of translation becomes a profound act of hope.

Author: Kathryn Wills
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 03/06/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781666708264
ISBN10: 1666708267
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious

About the Author
Kathryn Wills is a teacher, academic researcher, and review editor, who has written research articles and conference papers in the area of literature and theology. Her recent article, "The Beloved Woman in Dante, Yeats and Bonnefoy," was published in In Wonder, Love, and Praise: Approaches to Poetry, Theology, and Philosophy (2019).