How do texts speak with authority? That is the question at the heart of Kierkegaard\'s theory and practice of "indirect communication." None of Kierkegaard\'s texts respond to this question more concisely and powerfully than the four discourses he wrote about the lily in the Gospel.
Kierkegaard takes the lilies as authoritative, rather than merely "figural" or "metaphorical." This book is a careful.
The Lily\'s Tongue is a nuanced, sustained reading of these Lily Discourses.
How do texts speak with authority? That is the question at the heart of Kierkegaard\'s theory and practice of "indirect communication." None of Kierkegaard\'s texts respond to this question more concisely and powerfully than the four discourses he wrote about the lily in the Gospel