This book examines the writings of W.H.Hudson and discusses the symbolism found in his works of fiction and non-fiction. The author suggests that Hudson sometimes approaches a supernatural dimension in his writing and that this might properly be called epiphanic. 'Affirmative' epiphany affirms the earthly by revealing the divine through or within it; it is either directly paradisiac, or assimilable to a vision of the earthly Paradise. In contrast, 'negative' epiphany opens up a chasm of terror and dread through, amongst other things, violence, affliction, and human submersion in evil. The paradisial endures, as a fractured and elusive subject of experience, constantly threatened by contingency, violence, or evil.
- ISBN10 0333468120
- ISBN13 9780333468128
- Publish Date 16 March 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English