The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) - Softcover

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9780192821577: The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse (Oxford Books of Verse)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192821571 ISBN 13: 9780192821577

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1988

Offering both familiar poems and some fascinating unfamiliar ones, this anthology contains over 250 poems that deal with Christianity. Ranging from the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece "The Dream of the Rood" to the works of modern poets such as T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Sir John Betjeman, and John Berryman, Davie has chosen works from around the world, including several women poets--such as Elizabethan Countess of Pembroke and Emily Dickinson--as well as the four men whom he describes as "the masters of the sacred poem in English": George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Christopher Smart, and William Cowper. Stressing the importance of "the plain style" in Christian poetry throughout the ages, Davie also includes a large selection of congregational hymns.

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About the Author:

About the Editor:
Donald Davie is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities and English at Vanderbilt University. A distinguished scholar, poet, and literary critic, he is the author of several books, including his Collected Poems.

Review:

'Donald Davie has put together a fascianting anthology. There is much in this anthology to charm, to teach - and above all, to enjoy for all who read poetry - but especially the Christian reader.'
Diana Good, The Door

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