Acquainted With the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry - Couverture souple

Johnson, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1561012513 ISBN 13 : 9781561012510

Editeur : Cowley Publications,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

How do some of our best poets reflect death in their opaque art? What do their death poems tell us about our lives, about our faith―and the objects of our faith―and about the shape of our doubt? Acquainted with the Night is a study of death as it appears in the work of a handful of contemporary poets―Geoffrey Hill, Scott Cairns, Mark Jarman, R. S. Thomas, and Wendell Berry. The primary focus throughout is directed to the appearance of death, and to the physical and metaphorical darkness often associated with the thought of death, in their poems. Jeffrey Johnson’s commentary frames each poet’s work within observations by literary artists and critics, theologians, cultural critics, and scholars of religion, providing a Christian appreciation of each poet’s work within a context of tradition and circumstances. Readers equipped―however lightly―with the words of scripture and the mandates of faith may find in these poems terms of reference, rhythms, images, themes, and concerns that strike sympathetic chords and enrich the experience of faith and life.

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À propos de l?auteur

JEFFREY JOHNSON is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wayland, Massachusetts. Johnson studied at St. Olaf College, Yale Divinity School, and Boston University, and his poems and essays have appeared in The Christian Century, First Things, Christianity and Literature, Anglican Theological Review, Encounter, and The Mars Hill Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cowley Publications,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1561012513
• ISBN 13: 9781561012510
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 157
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible