"Ten Lamps of Fire": Transforming the Darkness in Mary Oliver's Thirst

This article examines Mary Oliver's book Thirst (2006) and the ways in which it pursues a Christian vision of transformation that is shaped by the Desert Fathers' writings and the author's processing of the death of her beloved life partner, Molly Malone Cook. The speaker's trans...

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Main Author: Peterson, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Notre Dame 2022
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 61-76
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Poetry / Grief / Light (Motif) / Darkness (Motif) / Transformation (Motif)
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
ZD Psychology
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