Revelation and Knowledge: Romanticism and Religious Faith

Ross Woodman, Joel Faflak

University of Toronto Press, Sep 26, 2022 - Literary Criticism - 286 pages

Ross Woodman's Sanity, Madness, Transformation was an adventurous exploration of the links between madness in Romantic writing and modern literary and psychoanalytic theory. Revelation and Knowledge picks up where his previous work left off by tracing the profound connections and gaps between religious and poetic faith in the works of the British Romantic poets.

Woodman and Joel Faflak focus on the clash in these authors' works between depth psychology and mysticism in the context of post-Enlightenment crises of belief. They also delve into the treatment of revelation in Romantic poetry, expanding on the concept through nuanced examinations of specific Eastern and Western religious traditions. Revelation and Knowledge showcases Woodman's trademark ability to combine literary criticism with autobiography, resulting in a surprising work that is also uniquely daring.

About the author

Ross Woodman is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Western Ontario. Joel Faflak is professor of English and Theory at Western University, where he was also the Inaugural Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Revelation and Knowledge: Romanticism and Religious Faith
• Authors: Ross Woodman, Joel Faflak
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2022
• ISBN: 1487553609, 9781487553609
• Length: 286 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General; Religion / Theology