The mystery of it all : the vocation of poetry in the twilight of modernity / Paul Mariani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mariani, Paul L., author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and literature.

History.

United States.

Religious poetry, American--History and criticism.

Religious poetry, American.

Christian poetry, American--History and criticism.

Christian poetry, American.

Christianity and literature--United States--History.

Catholics--United States--Intellectual life.

Catholics.

Intellectual life.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

Catholics--Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

237 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Brewster, Massachusetts : Paraclete Press, [2019]

Contents:

I On The Quiver Of Mystery Gerard Manley Hopkins And His Influence p. 35

1 Hopkins And The Poetics Of Jesuit Spirituality p. 37

2 The Havoc And The Glory p. 72

3 The Franciscan Hearts Of Hopkins And Merton p. 86

4 "The One Sane Milkman, I Fear" p. 94

5 The Dublin Notebook p. 122

6 When Poets Write Letters p. 128

7 What The World Can Tell Us p. 135

II In Ordinary Time Variations On A Theme In Modern American Poetry p. 139

8 Wallace Stevens, Mystery Man p. 141

9 The Auroras Of Autumn p. 148

10 The River Of Language p. 154

11 "Not Less Than Everything" p. 161

12 Difficult Henry And The Dream Songs p. 171

13 What Lies Beyond Language p. 178

III Poetry In A Post-Christian Age p. 185

14 Charism And the Literary Imagination p. 187

15 "Who Is That on The Other Side of You?" p. 201

16 The Cry Of The Poor p. 206

17 In The Footsteps Of Ignatius p. 211

18 Can One Still Write A Christ-Centered Poetry? p. 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9781640603332

1640603336

OCLC:

1089964877

Publisher Number:

99984108053