A study of the much debated problem of Soren Kierkegaard's "indirect communication”. It approaches the problem in a new way by applying some of the insights of recent literary theory. This study is both a contribution to literary theory, in the sense that it seeks to apply it, and a suggestion for renewal within phenomenological philosophy.
Anyone researching a family tree can discover names, dates and places fairly easily. It is usually more difficult to uncover any details of their ancestor's lives. What were they really like? James Hall and Penny Turner set out on such a quest with just a few photographs, a couple of letters and some pictures of a sailing barge. The mystery unfolds in the landscape around the river Severn and in the Wye Valley where the story of "Riversprite" ...
