Original sin, redemption, and language in Robert Penn Warren's poetry.

From: The Mississippi Quarterly | Date: December 22, 1995| Author: Thiemann, Fred R. | Copyright information

The poetry of Robert Penn Warren associates failures of language with the notion of separation in Christian theology's view of Original Sin. This mimics poststructuralists' belief that language can never be a means of pure communication. Unlike postrstructuralists, however, Warren does not see this finitude of language as a fault, just a symptom of Original Sin. This allows him to portray successes in language's ability to represent somewhat the pure symbol. Language is as close to God as man...

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