8%OFF
Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
Malcolm Guite
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
Paperback. For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. A scholar of poetry as well as a renowned poet himself, he offers readers a soul-food feast for Advent. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCQ; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fulfilling. Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light, emptiness and fulfilment, ancient and ever new. For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. In the spirit of the season, he blends the familiar and the new, ranging from from spiritual classics such as Edmund Spenser, John Donne, ... Read more
Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fulfilling. Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light, emptiness and fulfilment, ancient and ever new. For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. In the spirit of the season, he blends the familiar and the new, ranging from from spiritual classics such as Edmund Spenser, John Donne, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canterbury Press Norwich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848258006
SKU
V9781848258006
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-50
About Malcolm Guite
Malcolm Guite is Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. A performance poet and singer/songwriter, he lectures widely on poetry and theology in Britain and the US and has a large following on his website, www.malcolmguite.wordpress.com.
Reviews for Waiting on the Word: A poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany