Poetry and prayer: the power of the word II
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. Poetry and Prayer: A Survey of Some Twentieth-Century Studies / David Lonsdale -- 'Prayer is the Little Implement': Poetic Speech and the Gestures of Prayer in Christian Traditions / Mark S. Burrows -- Poetry at the Threshold of Prayer / Antonio Spadaro SJ --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Surrey, UK England [u.a.]
Ashgate
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poetry
/ The Religious
/ Prayer (Motif)
/ Spirituality (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious Poetry
History and criticism
B Religion and poetry B Poetry History and criticism B Poetry B Prayer in literature B Religious Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc B Christianity and literature |
| Summary: | THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. Poetry and Prayer: A Survey of Some Twentieth-Century Studies / David Lonsdale -- 'Prayer is the Little Implement': Poetic Speech and the Gestures of Prayer in Christian Traditions / Mark S. Burrows -- Poetry at the Threshold of Prayer / Antonio Spadaro SJ -- Poetry as Immanence: How Language Informs Reality / Jay Parini -- Poetry and Prayer: "An Inner Kinship" / Jennifer Reek -- CASE STUDIES: PRE-MODERNITY. Poetic Art and Prayer in Psalm 145 / David Rensberger -- Prayer and Prayerfulness in Dante / John Took -- Prayer, Poetry and Silence: A Musical Correspondence / Matgorzata Grzegorzewska -- CASE STUDIES: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Re-imagining Prayer: Coming Out of Hiding? R.S. Thomas and Tadeusz Róewicz / Jean Ward -- Saturday Prayers: R.S. Thomas and the Search for a Silent God / Richard McLauchlan -- Thomas Merton's Poetry and Prayer / Sarah Law -- W.H. Auden and the Deep Language of Poetic Prayer / Hester Jones -- Denise Levertov: Poetry as a Way to Prayer / Dana Greene |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 249 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-2621-5 |
