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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Contributors: Bugliani Knox, Francesca 1953- (Other) ; Took, John F. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Surrey, UK England [u.a.] Ashgate [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Poetry / The Religious / Prayer (Motif) / Spirituality (Motif)
Further subjects:B Religion and poetry
B Religious Poetry History and criticism
B Poetry History and criticism
B Poetry
B Prayer in literature
B Religious Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Christianity and literature
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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
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:1472426215