Representing Contemporary Life and Searching for the Sacred in Dennis O'Driscoll's Poetry

Dennis O'Driscoll's poetry expresses with honesty and depth the workplace ennui, the many dissatisfactions bred by consumer culture, and the search for social belonging and a sense of the sacred that people try to create in their lives. His poetry explores our engagements with the world th...

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Autore principale: Heininger, Joseph (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press 2023
In: Christianity & literature
Anno: 2023, Volume: 72, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 323-340
Notazioni IxTheo:CB Esistenza cristiana
CD Cristianesimo; cultura
KAJ Età contemporanea
KBF Isole Britanniche
Altre parole chiave:B missing God
B Everyday Life
B searching
B Sacred
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Riepilogo:Dennis O'Driscoll's poetry expresses with honesty and depth the workplace ennui, the many dissatisfactions bred by consumer culture, and the search for social belonging and a sense of the sacred that people try to create in their lives. His poetry explores our engagements with the world through his acute perception of the fraying contours and the emotional and spiritual impoverishment of life in a mainly secular world. O'Driscoll's clear-eyed vision and colloquial language reveal a freedom from fashionable idioms and ideas that makes him a salutary presence in the world of Irish poetry and beyond.
ISSN:2056-5666
Comprende:Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/chy.2023.a904923