Fate, Will and the Balance of Forces: A Theological Reading of Robert Browning's Poem 'Life in a Love'

مقال فى مجلة

1996

Sadiq, Ebtisam Ali . 1996

This paper is a theological reading of a love poem by Robert Browning. The poem’s speaker addresses a reluctant beloved who refuses to accept his suit. Her rejection gives him power and determination and endows his life with meaning. The article places such empowerment in a religious context. It claims that Browning’s faith strikes a fine balance between predestination and human will, between preordained fate and freedom of choice.

    

 

• نوع عمل المنشور: Literary Criticism
• رقم براءة الاختراع: 59
• المنظمة الممولة: King Saud University Research Center