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Redcrosse: Remaking Religious Poetry for Today''s World

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Zusatztext What light can poetry shed on religious belief and national identity? Redcrosse ...is a collection of essays in which the editor, a Shakespearean scholar, theologian Andrew Shanks, and contemporary poets Jo Shapcott, Michael Symonds Roberts and Andrew Motion reflect on this question... This is an important resource for St George's Day. Informationen zum Autor Ewan Fernie is Chair, Professor and Fellow at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. His latest book, The Demonic: Literature and Experience , gives considerable attention to Shakespeare and Mann. Klappentext Leading poets! critics and theologians explore the writing of a new poetic liturgy and how a creative work can confront issues of faith and 'Englishness'. Vorwort Leading poets, critics and theologians explore the writing of a new poetic liturgy and how a creative work can confront issues of faith and ‘Englishness'. Zusammenfassung Do poetry and criticism matter in today's world? How can the poetry of the past help us tackle the changing nature of religious faith and national identity? This book explores the creation of Redcrosse , a new poetic liturgy for St George's Day and a unique collaborative work written by the critic Ewan Fernie, the theologian Andrew Shanks and the majorcontemporary poets Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts and Andrew Motion. Leading writers - including John Milbank, Salley Vickers and Sarah Apetrei, together with authors of Redcrosse itself - reflect on the creation of the liturgy and its central inspiration, Edmund Spenser's epic Renaissance poem, The Faerie Queene , as well as on its two premieres in St George's Chapel, Windsor and Manchester Cathedral, and its sometimes controversial public reception. Including the full text of Redcrosse , the volume triumphantly shows that a new poetic work really can address some of the most pressing concerns of our time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors \ Acknowledgements \ Part I: Reflections \ 1. Through the Red Cross Ewan Fernie \ 2. For Real Salley Vickers \ 3. A Desire for the Impossible Andrew Shanks \ 4. The Poet's Tale Michael Symmons Roberts \ 5. Fight the Good Fight? Sarah Apetrei \ 6. From Romance to Ritual: Redcrosse and Spenser's Faerie Queene John Milbank \ Part II: Redcrosse \ Redcrosse: A New Celebration of England and St George Ewan Fernie, Michael Symmons Roberts, Jo Shapcott and Andrew Shanks, and featuring a new poem from Andrew Motion ...

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Authors Ewan Fernie
Assisted by Ewan Fernie (Editor), Ewan (University of Birmingham Fernie (Editor)
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.11.2012
 
EAN 9781441138996
ISBN 978-1-4411-3899-6
No. of pages 176
Dimensions 141 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

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