The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse |
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Editor:
| Davie, Donald |
Series title: | Oxford Books of Verse Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-282157-7 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1988 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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Including over two hundred fifty poems that deal with Christianity, this anthology ranges from the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece "The Dream of the Rood" to the works of modern poets such as T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Sir John Betjeman, and John Berryman. Davie has chosen works from around the world, including several women poets--such as the Elizabethan Countess of Pembroke and Emily Dickinson--as well as the four men whom he describes as "the masters of the sacred poem in English": George...
More DescriptionIncluding over two hundred fifty poems that deal with Christianity, this anthology ranges from the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece "The Dream of the Rood" to the works of modern poets such as T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Sir John Betjeman, and John Berryman. Davie has chosen works from around the world, including several women poets--such as the Elizabethan Countess of Pembroke and Emily Dickinson--as well as the four men whom he describes as "the masters of the sacred poem in English": George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Christopher Smart, and William Cowper. Stressing the importance of "the plain style" in Christian poetry throughout the ages, Davie also offers a large selection of congregational hymns.