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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965369203321

Titolo

Redcrosse : remaking religious poetry for today's world / / edited by Ewan Fernie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2013

ISBN

9781283853613

1283853612

9781441157300

1441157301

9781441156914

1441156917

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

FernieEwan <1971->

Disciplina

821.009382

821.9209382

Soggetti

Religious poetry - Authorship

National characteristics, English, 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

FC; Frontispiece 1; Half title; Praise for Redcrosse; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Frontispiece 2; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part One Reflections; 1 Through the Red Cross, Ewan Fernie; 2 For Real, Salley Vickers; 3 A Desire for the Impossible, Andrew Shanks; 4 The Poet's Tale, Michael Symmons Roberts; 5 Fight the Good Fight?, Sarah Apetrei; 6 From Romance to Ritual: Redcrosse and Spenser's Faerie Queene, John Milbank; Part Two Redcrosse

Redcrosse: A New Celebration of England and St George by Ewan Fernie, Michael Symmons Roberts, Jo Shapcott and Andrew Shanks, and featuring a new poem from Andrew Motion and the Collect for St George's DayIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Do poetry and criticism matter in today's world? How can the poetry of the past help us tackle the changing nature of religious faith and national identity? This book explores the creation of Redcrosse , a new poetic liturgy for St George's Day and a unique collaborative work written by the critic Ewan Fernie, the theologian Andrew Shanks and the



major contemporary poets Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts and Andrew Motion. Leading writers - including John Milbank, Salley Vickers and Sarah Apetrei, together with authors of Redcrosse itself - reflect on the creation of the liturgy and its cen