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- Title
A Room with a View: Window Images and ‘Open Immanence’ in the Writings of Adolphe Retté and G.K. Chesterton.
- Authors
Sudlow, Brian
- Abstract
Adolphe Retté and G.K. Chesterton often use the image of a window, a paradox given the widespread view that Catholic writers are usually closed minded. This article asks whether Charles Taylor’s philosophy of the individual could explain this paradox more satisfactorily. Chesterton’s windows express a realist epistemology, while Retté’s windows express the illumination of faith. The themacity of the subject in their writings, however, shows that their windows give expression to Taylor’s ‘open immanence’, rather than Taylorian ‘porosity’. Their reactionary character can be interpreted as a kind of Taylorian ‘buffering’ which is necessary for believing writers resisting secularity.
- Subjects
RETTE, Adolphe; CHESTERTON, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936; DANS la Lumiere d'Ars (Book); AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Book : Chesterton); WINDOWS in literature; PARADOX in literature; TAYLOR, Charles, 1931-
- Publication
Literature & Theology, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0269-1205
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/litthe/frr026