Redcrosse [[electronic resource] ] : remaking religious poetry for today's world / / edited by Ewan Fernie

• Pubblicazione: London, : Bloomsbury, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 821.009382; 821.9209382
• Soggetto topico: Religious poetry - Authorship; National characteristics, English, in literature; Religion and poetry
• Altri autori: FernieEwan <1971->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Redcrosse
• ISBN: 1-283-85361-2; 1-4411-5730-1; 1-4411-5691-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786577403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II