Background
Hart, Kevin John was born on July 5, 1954 in London. Son of James Henry and Rosina (Wootton) Hart. arrived in Australia, 1966.
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A.D. Hope has long been Australia's most internationally renowned poet, yet Kevin Hart's new critical study of the 85 year old poet is the only one devoted to his work. Hart seeks to read Hope's poetry and criticism in terms of several overlapping contexts: critical debate about Australian poetry; twentieth-century poetry as a whole (including French, German, and Russian poets who have influenced the poet); Hope's intellectual and cultural commitments (such as his aesthetic theory, as drawn from Aquinas and others, his interest in science and mathematics, his cultural politics in the university); and contemporary critical theory. Superbly argued, and written by one of Australia's finest young poets and critics, A.D. Hope is a worthy guide to the career of one of our most notable writers.
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“With Young Rain Kevin Hart continues his ‘transmemberment of song’ into a realm all his own. . . .” —Harold Bloom “Kevin Hart is one of the finest poets writing in English today. I admire his erudition and his imagination, the way history, art, myth, literature and many things come together in his poetry. This book will be a feast for those who want poetry to be both metaphysics and song. An absolutely original and indispensable poet.” —Charles Simic “Kevin Hart is one of the most sophisticated poets writing today, though the poems in Young Rain are disarmingly straightforward. They have an ease and lucidity that makes them seem almost casual, so that it is with a feeling of surprise that you realize that you have been drawn into a conversation of the utmost gravity concerning the private reaches of the self, darkness, and death, as in the powerful sequences ‘Night Music’ and ‘Dark Retreat.’ There is nothing oppressive about them, though, and the limpid rigor of the intellect they embody is leavened by the tenderness and sensuality of the poems in another sequence, ‘Amo te Solo,’ which possesses a lustiness that would seem at home in the Bible but has almost disappeared from contemporary poetry.” —John Koethe In a 1985 interview with fellow poet John Kinsella, Kevin Hart reflected on the nature of poetry: “People sometimes think that the spiritual world is distinct from, even distant from, this world. . . . But the spiritual world is within this one: not as a secret, but as a radiance. . . . We find it through God's grace and our attention. Poetry is one form of attention, and poetry does not lead us to another world: it shows us this world, this relationship, this chair, this ivy on the outside wall.” In Young Rain, Hart continues his exploration of the mysterious radiance within this world. “. . . Kevin Hart is the best Australian poet of the past 25 years.” —Mark Strand
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(Kevin Hart's poems have been hailed as among the best bei...)
Kevin Hart's poems have been hailed as among the best being written today. He is a visionary writer. His poetry is dual in nature and inspiration, embracing the pain and passion of humanity at the same time as it evokes the immanence of God in the world. It is both radiant and grounded, sensuous and searching, casting both light and shadow on what can be named while tracing the borderlines of what must be left unnamed.
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(The Trespass of the Sign offers a clear and thorough acco...)
The Trespass of the Sign offers a clear and thorough account of the relations between deconstruction and theology. Kevin Hart argues that, contrary to popular thought on the topic, deconstruction does not have an antitheological agenda. Rather, deconstruction seeks to question the metaphysics of any theology. Hart pays particular attention to mystical theology as nonmetaphysical theology.
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(Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation...)
Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers and critics who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of "The Age of Johnson." Hart argues that James Boswell turned his friend into a monument, a piece of public property. Through subtle analyses of copyright, forgery and heritage in eighteenth-century life Kevin Hart demonstrates how Johnson came to occupy a place at the heart of the English literary canon.
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Hart, Kevin John was born on July 5, 1954 in London. Son of James Henry and Rosina (Wootton) Hart. arrived in Australia, 1966.
Bachelor with honors, Australian National University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Melbourne, 1986.
Teacher Geelong (Australia) College, 1979-1983. Lecturer department philosophy University Melbourne, Australia, 1984-1985, lecturer department English Australia, 1986-1987. Lecturer literature studies Deakin University, Geelong, 1987-1990, senior lecturer, 1991.
Associate professor department English Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1991-1995, professor department English Australia, 1995—2002. Visiting professor Georgetown University Department English, 1996-1997. Notre Dame professor philosophy and literature University Notre Dame, 2007—2007.
Edwin B, Kyle professor christian studies University Virginia, since 2007. Visiting professor department philosophy Villanova University, 2001.
(The Trespass of the Sign offers a clear and thorough acco...)
( “With Young Rain Kevin Hart continues his ‘transmemberm...)
(Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation...)
(Kevin Hart's poems have been hailed as among the best bei...)
(A.D. Hope has long been Australia's most internationally ...)
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