Buechner takes these four writers never mentioned in the same breath and shows us a hidden affinity among them in the process allowing us to see them as we never have before speak what we feel is a book of uncanny insight john wilson i look to frederick buechner as a mentor in literature and faith and this book marvelously combines . The weight of this sad time we must obey speak what we feel not what we ought to say w shakespeare it thrilled me that frederick buechner a writer i have come to enjoy immensely had written a commentary on the literary giants i admire gerald manley hopkins mark twain g k chesterton and william shakespeare to buechner they were what he called vein opening writers. Speak what we feel not what we ought to say reflections on literature and faith buechner frederick 1926 publication date 2001 topics chesterton g k gilbert keith 1874 1936 hopkins gerard manley 1844 1889 twain mark 1835 1910 shakespeare william 1564 1616 english literature christianity and literature christianity and . The last line of king lear gave him his title the weight of this sad time we must obey speak what we feel not what we ought to say buechner pursues each writers use of autobiography fiction and metaphor to plumb the numbing problem of evil each encountered in enduring traumatic life losses ruptured moral innocence leading to the . Speak what we feel not what we ought to say buechner frederick by frederick buechner 2004 08 31 frederick buechner on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers speak what we feel not what we ought to say buechner frederick by frederick buechner 2004 08 31