“I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa

“I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa

Although critics have observed that Villa’s poems use religious language and imagery, this has not been sufficiently explored. The article interprets the first set of seven comma poems that Villa published in 1948 as exemplifying his incarnational theopoetics in both form and content. In these poems...

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Main Author: Chan, Nathan Timothy
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
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José Garcia Villa
theopoetics
comma poems
theology and poetry
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol13/iss2/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1304/viewcontent/PAHA_2013.2_203_20Articles_2C_20Notes_2C_20and_20Comments_20__20Chan.pdf
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.paha-13042024-12-04T13:00:04Z “I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa Chan, Nathan Timothy Although critics have observed that Villa’s poems use religious language and imagery, this has not been sufficiently explored. The article interprets the first set of seven comma poems that Villa published in 1948 as exemplifying his incarnational theopoetics in both form and content. In these poems, God or Christ is poetically, yet sometimes illogically, enmeshed with the created order. God assumes a body—not only the body of Man, but also the bodies of animals, machineries, and objects. This portrayal of God as embodied allows a deeper understanding of not only what Villa’s conception of God is, but also how his conception of God relates to his poetics. 2023-10-31T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol13/iss2/2 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1304/viewcontent/PAHA_2013.2_203_20Articles_2C_20Notes_2C_20and_20Comments_20__20Chan.pdf Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia Archīum Ateneo José Garcia Villa theopoetics comma poems theology and poetry
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topic José Garcia Villa
theopoetics
comma poems
theology and poetry
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theopoetics
comma poems
theology and poetry
Chan, Nathan Timothy
“I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa
description Although critics have observed that Villa’s poems use religious language and imagery, this has not been sufficiently explored. The article interprets the first set of seven comma poems that Villa published in 1948 as exemplifying his incarnational theopoetics in both form and content. In these poems, God or Christ is poetically, yet sometimes illogically, enmeshed with the created order. God assumes a body—not only the body of Man, but also the bodies of animals, machineries, and objects. This portrayal of God as embodied allows a deeper understanding of not only what Villa’s conception of God is, but also how his conception of God relates to his poetics.
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title “I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa
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title_full “I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa
title_fullStr “I, began, to, Die, and, I, began, to, Grow”: Incarnational Theopoetics in the Poetry of José Garcia Villa
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publisher Archīum Ateneo
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