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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817650803321

Autore

Walker Cheryl <1947->

Titolo

God and Elizabeth Bishop : meditations on religion and poetry / / Cheryl Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36815-6

9786611368159

1-4039-7948-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

811/.54

Soggetti

Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Religion in literature

God in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Time and eternity -- 2. The fall -- 3. Love and longing -- 4. Suffering meaning -- 5. Blessed are the poor -- 6. Assent.

Sommario/riassunto

In God and Elizabeth Bishop Cheryl Walker takes the bold step of looking at the work of Elizabeth Bishop as though it might have something fresh to say about religion and poetry. Going wholly against the tide of recent academic practice, especially as applied to Bishop, she delights in presenting herself as an engaged Christian who nevertheless believes that a skeptical modern poet might feed our spiritual hungers. This is a book that reminds us of the rich tradition of religious poetry written in English, at the same time taking delicious detours into realms of humour, social responsibility, and mysticism.