Scripture and the English Poetic Imagination

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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The God of the Bible often speaks in poetry. Beginning with an illuminating exploration of eloquence in the divine voice, a highly acclaimed professor of literature opens up the treasury of biblical tradition among English poets both past and present, showing them to be well attuned not only to Scripture's meaning but also to its music. In exploring the work of various poets, David Lyle Jeffrey demonstrates how the poetry of the Bible affords a register of understanding in which the beauty of Holy Scripture deepens meditation on its truth and is indeed a vital part of that truth.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-16
Mått162 x 227 x 16 mm
Vikt330 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagBaker Publishing Group
ISBN9780801099632

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ContentsIntroduction1. Poetry and the Voice of GodPart 1: Medieval Poetry and the Bible2. Paraphrase and Theater: Bonaventure's Retracing the Arts to Theology and Literary Evangelism3. Quotation and Inflection: Dante and Chaucer on the Sermon on the Mount4. Egyptian Gold: Biblical Transformations of Ovid in The Canterbury Tales5. Irony and Misreading: Courtly Love and Marriage according to Henry VIIIPart 2: Scripture and the English Poetic Imagination after the Reformation6. Poetry in Preaching, Prayer, and Pastoral Care: John Donne and George Herbert7. Habitual Music: The Influence on English Poets of the King James Bible8. Conclusion and Form for the Personal in Modern Poetry9. The Conversion Poems of Margaret Avison10. Meditation and Gratitude: The Enduringly Beautiful Changes of Richard Wilbur11. Epiphanies of a Father's Love: Anthony Hecht and Gjertrud SchnackenbergAppendix: Can Faustus Be Saved? The Fragile Future of Our Common BookIndex