Wanting like a god : desire and freedom in Thomas Traherne

"Thomas Traherne has long been hailed as a poet of innocence and felicity - this book offers the reader a new understanding of him. Here we see a theologian for whom desire is the leitmotif and spring of action, and felicity is not so much about early innocence as it is about finding august desires satisfied and renewed. In a world that 'allured God to make it', Traherne commands his reader to want: 'You must Want like a GOD that like GOD you mig...