Before the Door of God

An Anthology of Devotional Poetry

Jay Hopler, Kimberly Johnson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2013
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-17520-2 (ISBN)

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A diverse and imaginative selection of works from the long tradition of devotional poetry in English Before the Door of God traces the development of devotional English-language poetry from its origins in ancient hymnody to its current twenty-first-century incarnations. The poems in this volume demonstrate not only that devotional poetry-poetry that speaks to the divine-remains in vigorous practice, but also that the tradition reaches back to the very origins of poetry in English. There is a sense in these pages that the tradition of lyric poetry that developed was nearly inevitable, given the inherent concerns of the genre. Featuring the work of poets over a three-thousand-year period, Before the Door of God places the devotional lyric in its cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts. The volume traces the various influences on this tradition and identifies features that persist in devotional lyric poetry across centuries, cultures, and stylistic differences. To scholars, literary professionals, and general readers who find delight in fine poetry, this anthology offers much to contemplate and discuss.

Jay Hopler is associate professor of English at the University of South Florida. Kimberly Johnson is professor of English at Brigham Young University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.2013
Zusatzinfo	2 black-&-white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	0-300-17520-5 / 0300175205
ISBN-13	978-0-300-17520-2 / 9780300175202
Zustand	Neuware