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portada The Celebration of the Flesh: Poetry in Christian Life
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
190
Format
Paperback
ISBN
1606082981
ISBN13
9781606082980
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The Celebration of the Flesh: Poetry in Christian Life

Arthur C. Mcgill (Author) · Wipf And Stock · Paperback

The Celebration of the Flesh: Poetry in Christian Life - Arthur C. Mcgill

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Synopsis "The Celebration of the Flesh: Poetry in Christian Life "

An enjoyment of the poet's art, as seen in the words of T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens. ""As a Protestant theologian,"" writes McGill in his preface, ""I have always been puzzled that within the Christian community, poetry is often used for its insight into our modern miseries, but that it is rarely enjoyed as poetry. This book seeks to redress the balance."" McGill focuses on three American poets--Eliot, Frost and Stevens--all of whom belong to the same poetic generation and thus provide a microcosm of poetry from this era. Influenced by Owen Barfield, John Crowe Ransom, and Cleanth Brooks, he identifies poetry with the fleshly aspect of experience, yet never as distinct from a spiritual aspect. ""In the kingdom of God, people are created with flesh, reconciled through flesh, and glorified as flesh. To hide from the flesh for the sake of the spirit is to miss the Christian life. It is this danger which gives special meaning to the enjoyment of poetry."" This experience of poetry, according to McGill, ""is always a healthy antidote to spiritual pride."" ""In The Celebration of Flesh, Arthur McGill contends that only in reading poetry as poetry--and he makes artful, provocative observations about what this means and what poetry is--can poetry yield true fruitfulness for the life of faith."" David Cain University of Mary Washington Arthur C. McGill (1926 -1980) was the Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. A distinguished philosopher and theologian, he also taught at Amherst College, Wesleyan University, and Princeton University.

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