To Scorch or Freeze Poems about the Sacred |
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| Author:
| Davie, Donald |
| Series title: | Phoenix Poets Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-13755-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1988 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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Here Davie, a writer attuned to both the changes of the modern world and a living literary tradition, turns to the lapsed poetic practice of translation and imitation of the Psalms of David. The result is a series of poems that speak powerfully of moral indignation and spiritual discovery within the complex of modernity.
"Few modern poets have managed to achieve Donald Davie's sense of human worth."--Times Higher Educational Supplement
Here Davie, a writer attuned to both the changes of the modern world and a living literary tradition, turns to the lapsed poetic practice of translation and imitation of the Psalms of David. The result is a series of poems that speak powerfully of moral indignation and spiritual discovery within the complex of modernity.
"Few modern poets have managed to achieve Donald Davie's sense of human worth."--Times Higher Educational Supplement