Jonathan Geltner's guest appearances

Jonathan Geltner

The Catholic Culture Podcast

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David Gordon

Ann McElhinney

Ryan Wilson

Bob Marshall

Dana Gioia

Chris Baker

Anthony Esolen

Gene Wolfe

Elizabeth Lev

Carrie Gress

Maximilian Kolbe

Abby Johnson

Ralph Martin

Paul Kengor

Jay Richards

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Jonathan Geltner joins SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe to read from, discuss, and answer questions about his debut novel, "Absolute Music," just out from Slant Books. 

Jonathan Geltner joins SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe to read from, discuss, and answer questions about his debut novel, "Absolute Music," just out from Slant Books.

#3: Book Launch Event for "Absolute Music" with Jonathan Geltner

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z5jrU3JYnv0 In his Five Great Odes, the great French Catholic poet Paul Claudel (1868-1955) offers a cosmic vision in which man, in his contemplative and poetic capacity, stands as mediator between God and all creation. Man, in the image of God and even more in the headship of Christ, names all creatures, unites them in his heart, speaks for them and offers them back to God as unified whole of which man himself is a part: "I extend my hands to left and to right/so that by me not one gap should exist in the perfect circle of your creations." Poet James Matthew Wilson compares Claudel's cosmic and Catholic vision to that of Tolkien, and startlingly, to one of Tolkien's characters: "Claudel's Odes show him to be a new Tom Bombadil, who moves through the world without irony because he has already transcended the jaded and impoverished vision typical of the modern age and entered with joy into an experience of the universal and the eternal." This is an interview with Jonathan Geltner, translator of a new English edition of Claudel's Odes. Links Five Great Odes https://www.angelicopress.org/five-great-odes Episode mentioned: "Structure and Freedom" with Mark Christopher Brandt  https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt/ This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio

Watch on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/Z5jrU3JYnv0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Z5jrU3JYnv0</a> In his Five Great Odes, the great French Catholic poet Paul Claudel (1868-1955) offers a cosmic vision in which man, in his contemplative and poetic capacity, stands as mediator between God and all creation. Man, in the image of God and even more in the headship of Christ, names all creatures, unites them in his heart, speaks for them and offers them back to God as unified whole of which man himself is a part: "I extend my hands to left and to right/so that by me not one gap should exist in the perfect circle of your creations." Poet James Matthew Wilson compares Claudel's cosmic and Catholic vision to that of Tolkien, and startlingly, to one of Tolkien's characters: "Claudel's Odes show him to be a new Tom Bombadil, who moves through the world without irony because he has already transcended the jaded and impoverished vision typical of the modern age and entered with joy into an experience of the universal and the eternal." This is an interview with Jonathan Geltner, translator of a new English edition of Claudel's Odes. Links Five Great Odes <a href="https://www.angelicopress.org/five-great-odes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.angelicopress.org/five-great-odes</a> Episode mentioned: "Structure and Freedom" with Mark Christopher Brandt <a href="https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt/</a> This podcast is a production of <a href="http://CatholicCulture.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CatholicCulture.org</a>. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! <a href="http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a>

92 - Claudel's Cosmic Vision - Jonathan Geltner