God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision

Murray OP, Paul

T.& T.Clark Ltd（2020/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780567695949
• DDC分類 809.19382

Full Description

Written with both passion and precision, God's Spies is a work that will be welcomed by anyone interested in the vital interplay between poetry and religion. The authors represented, including poets such as Michelangelo, St Francis of Assisi, Charles Péguy, Dante and Shakespeare, all possess one great and surprising quality in common: audacity. All of them in their work offer fresh and unforeseen perspectives on life and literature.

Some of these authors are religious in the strict meaning of the word, their work indicating a devout turning away from the distractions of the world to focus on God. Others, in contrast, are poets whose work is distinguished by a remarkable visionary focus on the many small and great dramas of life, attending with bright, imaginative genius to what Shakespeare calls 'the mystery of things'.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Paradise on Earth: Early Irish Nature Poetry and the Canticle of Francis of Assisi
Chapter 2: 'I am Myself Alone': Shakespeare and the Human Casualty
Chapter 3: A Man Talking: The Prayer and Poetry of Charles Péguy
Chapter 4: 'Beauty, my Enemy': Passion and Piety at War in the Poetry of Michelangelo
Chapter 5: Apocalyptic Visions: The Poetry of Nature and the Cross
Chapter 6: God's Spy: Shakespeare and Religious Vision
Chapter 7: At the Threshold of Wonder: Poetry and Religion, Friends or Foes?
Finally Comes the Poet: Afterword