CHAPTERS
INTO VERSE Poetry in English
Inspired by The Bible VOLUME TWO:
Gospels to Revelation Hardback book with Dust Jacket
Assembled and Edited by Robert Atwan & Laurance Wieder Over 390 pages Copyright © 1993 by Robert Atwan and Laurance Wieder " For generations, poets have turned to the Bible for insight and inspiration.
What did so many creative minds find in the scripture ?
Is the Bible still a vital source of poetic inspirations ? " " Chapters Into Verse is the first comprehensive collection ever made of poems written in English inspired by the Bible.
A ground-breaking anthology, it introduces readers to a distinct heritage of English poetry: the scriptural tradition.
Though frequently ignored and sometimes suppressed, this tradition rivals the classical and is every bit as venerable. " " Volume II follows the Gospels (harmonized) through Revelation.
The collection features verses both famous and unfamiliar, from John Donne's meditative masterpieces to D.H. Lawrence's quirky expostulations.
The editors have included poems by virtually all the prominent religious poets - among them, John Milton, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Edward Taylor, Christopher Smart, and Gerard Manly Hopkins.
Included, too, are devotional and visionary works form a wide range of vintage poets - Edmund Spenser, Alexander Pope, Robert Burns, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, and Robert Browning. " " Proving that the Bible is just as powerful a source of inspiration today as it was in the past, the collection assembles a mixed congregation of modern and contemporary poets, such as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Delmore Schwartz, Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, Countee Cullen, William Butler Yeats, John Berryman, Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Lee Murray, Amy Clampitt, and Richard Wilbur. " " Of enduring interest to readers of both scripture and literature, Chapters Into Verse is truly a poets' Bible.
In selection after selection, readers will encounter an astonishing variety of religious experiences, as a host of poets from many eras and many backgrounds respond to Holy Scripture spiritually, profoundly, and imaginatively. " Both the book and dust jacket are in very nice condition with some minor wear.
There are some stains/ aging spots on the top side edge of the pages, mostly visible from the side view.
No torn or ripped pages.
There is an inscription from the previous owner on the first blank page. |
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