Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry
ISBN-13:
9780300216752
ISBN-10:
0300216750
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Jay Hopler, Kimberly Johnson
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Paperback
464 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780300216752
ISBN-10:
0300216750
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Jay Hopler, Kimberly Johnson
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Paperback
464 pages
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Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry (ISBN-13: 9780300216752 and ISBN-10: 0300216750), written by authors
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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