‘The Agent’: Probing into Agency

Hunter-Evans, Jasmine; Pagnoulle, Christine

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‘The Agent’: Probing into Agency

Hunter-Evans, Jasmine; Pagnoulle, Christine

2018 • In Religion and Literature, 49 (Summer), p. 19-30

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Keywords :

David Jones; posthumous sequence; agency; betrayal; dramatic monologue; dramatic irony

Abstract :

[en] This article explores David Jones's unresolved exploration of the mystery of agency when there is no choice, at the hand of Judas Iscariot's predicament. It also highlights the influence of Spengler's Decline of the West.

Research Center/Unit :

CIRTI - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches en Traduction et en Interprétation - ULiège

Disciplines :

Literature

Author, co-author :

Hunter-Evans, Jasmine

Pagnoulle, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad. > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad.

Language :

English

Title :

‘The Agent’: Probing into Agency

Alternative titles :

[en] 'L'Agent' : exploration de la notion de libre arbitre

Publication date :

July 2018

Journal title :

Religion and Literature

ISSN :

0888-3769

Publisher :

University of Notre Dame, Department of English, South Bend, IN, United States - Indiana

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Issue :

Summer

Pages :

19-30

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://religionandlit.nd.edu/

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