基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005. An anthology of the best of Sir John Betjeman's religious verse with a brilliant introductory and scholarly essay.
Full Description
Sir John Betjeman was one of the twentieth century's great makers of the Christian imagination. He was maybe the most significant literary figure of our time to declare his Christian faith and his terror of dying. Betjeman used his formidable gifts for poetry to show us how to think about the Anglican faith and about Englishness and Christianity in general. Here is an anthology of about 75 poems on religious themes, with clarifying footnotes and a critical introduction that offers an overview of his life and poetry as well as a commentary on some of his more difficult poems. Here is a new perspective on Betjeman's life and beliefs. This new edition of Betjeman's religious poetry will demonstrate that Betjeman is the great poet of the Church in the twentieth century; it will also introduce delightful, accessible and important poetry to new readers. It will suggest to both British and American readers ways of thinking about spiritual cultural and ecclesiastical matters as well as about the intersection of literature and art.
Contents
Introduction; 1. On Spiritual Doubts and Fears; 2. On Death; 3. On Belief; 4. On the Church's Social and Spiritual Roles; 5. On Vanity and Hypocrisy; 6. On Cultural Decline and Despair; 7. On Non-Anglican Faithsv.
