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Acquainted with the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry
Jeffrey Johnson
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Description for Acquainted with the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry
Paperback. A study of death, via author comments, as it appears in the works of contemporary poets providing a Christian appreciation of it within a context of tradition and circumstances. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
How do some of our best poets reflect death in their opaque art? What do their death poems tell us about our lives, about our faith—and the objects of our faith—and about the shape of our doubt? Acquainted with the Night is a study of death as it appears in the work of a handful of contemporary poets—Geoffrey Hill, Scott Cairns, Mark Jarman, R. S. Thomas, and Wendell Berry. The primary focus throughout is directed to the appearance of death, and to the physical and metaphorical darkness often associated with the thought of death, in their poems. Jeffrey Johnson’s ... Read more
How do some of our best poets reflect death in their opaque art? What do their death poems tell us about our lives, about our faith—and the objects of our faith—and about the shape of our doubt? Acquainted with the Night is a study of death as it appears in the work of a handful of contemporary poets—Geoffrey Hill, Scott Cairns, Mark Jarman, R. S. Thomas, and Wendell Berry. The primary focus throughout is directed to the appearance of death, and to the physical and metaphorical darkness often associated with the thought of death, in their poems. Jeffrey Johnson’s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
Number of Pages
157
Place of Publication
Blue Ridge Summit, United States
ISBN
9781561012510
SKU
V9781561012510
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About Jeffrey Johnson
JEFFREY JOHNSON is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wayland, Massachusetts. Johnson studied at St. Olaf College, Yale Divinity School, and Boston University, and his poems and essays have appeared in The Christian Century, First Things, Christianity and Literature, Anglican Theological Review, Encounter, and The Mars Hill Review.
Reviews for Acquainted with the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry
. . .if you’re keen to explore how contemporary poetry wrestles with the theme of death, or just want a unique introduction to these five wonderful writers, Acquainted with the Night is bound to strike the right chord.
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