Upholding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Poetry Hardcover - 1996
by David Impastato (Editor)
From Andrew Hudgins' often humorous narratives to Geoffrey Hill's darkly impassioned lyrics to Wendell Berry's lovely evocations of the divine presence in nature, this splendid anthology presents a generous selection of poetry that is admirable equally for the stature of its verse and for its illumination of the Christian ethos.
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Most readers of contemporary verse would agree with literary critic Helen Vendler that "there is no significant poet whose work does not mirror, both formally and in its preoccupations, the absence of the transcendent" - that no major modern poet writes religious poetry. Indeed, the very idea that a vital Christian poetry might arise within our thoroughly secular culture seems almost inconceivable. Is it possible that a body of Christian poetry is now being produced whose literary merit is equal to its religious conviction? David Impastato's splendid anthology, Upholding Mystery, answers that question with a resounding and surprising "yes". From Andrew Hudgins's often humorous narratives to Geoffrey Hill's darkly impassioned lyrics, from Denise Levertov's incisive personal and political insights to Wendell Berry's lovely evocations of the divine presence in nature, Upholding Mystery offers readers a wide range of both poetic and spiritual satisfactions. Featuring only poets who are currently writing and publishing, the book provides generous selections of work by such well-known poets as Richard Wilbur, Annie Dillard, Daniel Berrigan, Les Murray, Louise Erdrich, and Kathleen Norris, along with the impressive though less known voices of David Craig, David Citino, Scott Cairns, Maura Eichner, and David Brendan Hopes. Together the anthology's fifteen poets have created what critic Jonathan Holden calls a "revolutionary core" of work that is recognized equally for the stature of its verse and for its illumination of the Christian ethos. By limiting the number of poets to fifteen rather than presenting the usual broad sampling, this unique collection allows readers to gain a thoroughfamiliarity with each poet's work to see the struggle, discovery, and transformation of the spiritual quest throughout an individual body of verse, yet still to see how each poet contributes to a vision of the sacred that can be understood only in diversity, in the very contrast between one voice and another. In addition, editor David Impastato provides brief, accessible, extremely helpful introductions that locate the poems in both their literary and specifically Christian contexts.
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- Title Upholding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Poetry
- Author David Impastato (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-12-12
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780195104004 / 0195104005
- Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.72 x 1.33 in (22.81 x 14.53 x 3.38 cm)
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- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects English poetry - 20th century, Christian poetry, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96019968
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.540
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