Interpretations of Poetry and Religion

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Interpretations of Poetry and Religion is a 1900 philosophical work by George Santayana that explores the relationship between poetic imagination, religious belief, and human experience.

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instanceOf philosophical work
addresses aesthetic appreciation of religious narratives
interpretation of religious symbols
tension between faith and reason
author George Santayana NERFINISHED
authorBelongsTo George Santayana NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores imaginative function of poetry
relationship between poetry and religion
symbolic nature of religious language
firstEditionYear 1900
form collection of essays
genre literary criticism
philosophy of religion
hasPart essay on the interpretation of poetry
essay on the interpretation of religion
essays on imagination and belief
hasPerspectiveOn distinction between poetic and scientific truth
religion as a human cultural product
role of imagination in belief
influenced 20th-century philosophy of religion
literary theory on symbolism
influencedBy classical philosophy
idealism
language English
literaryMovement American pragmatist milieu
mainSubject human experience
poetic imagination
poetry
religion
religious belief
notableIdea poetry as expression of imaginative truth
religion as poetic symbolization of human values
philosophicalDiscipline aesthetics
literary aesthetics
philosophy of religion
philosophicalTradition American philosophy NERFINISHED
naturalism
publicationYear 1900
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Life of Reason NERFINISHED
The Sense of Beauty NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 20th century

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George Santayana notableWork Interpretations of Poetry and Religion