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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820091503321

Autore

Gardner Thomas <1952->

Titolo

John in the company of poets : the Gospel in literary imagination / / Thomas Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-426-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Studies in Christianity and literature ; ; 6

Disciplina

811.608/03823

Soggetti

American poetry - History and criticism

English poetry - History and criticism

Christian poetry, American - History and criticism

Christian poetry, English - History and criticism

Christianity in literature

Christianity and literature - United States - History

Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Prologue (John 1:1-18) -- Come and see (John 1:19-51) -- Life (John 2:1-4:54) -- Blinded (John 5:1-10:42) -- Glory (John 11:1-12:50) -- Looking forward (John 13:1-17:26) -- Seen (John 18:1-20:31) -- Epilogue (John 21:1-25).

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Gardner artistically describes Jesus-""the Word made flesh""-as a poem penned by God for the world, and John-author of the Fourth Gospel-as the poem's interpreter. John's structural patterns, repetitions, and narrative interventions invite readers to experience for themselves the beauty of the divine poem. John in the Company of Poets deepens this invitation by re-imagining the biblical text through the eyes of such artists as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Wendell Berry, and T. S. Eliot, offering a literary reading of the Gospel based upon their powerful poetic replies. Poe