Thick and dazzling darkness : religious poetry in a secular age /
Peter O'Leary.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: religious poetry in a secular age -- A mystical theology of angelic despair: writing religious poetry and the trilogy of Frank Samperi -- Robinson Jeffers, the man from whom god hid everything -- Spiritual osmosis: Geoffrey Hill's recent poetry -- Prophetic frustrations: Robert Duncan's Tribunals -- What lies beneath my copy of eternity? religious language in the poetry of Lissa Wolsak -- Catholics: reading Fanny Howe -- Robert Duncan's celestial hierarchy -- The long-huthered hajj: Nathaniel Mackey's esotericism -- Apocalypticism: a way forward for poetry.
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1900-1999
Religious poetry, American--History and criticism. American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century Religion in literature. Religion and literature. American poetry. Religion and literature. Religion in literature. Religious poetry, American. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry