Poets' meeting
Subtitle: George Herbert, R. S. Thomas, and the argument with God
By: William J. McGill.
Contributors: Herbert, George, 1593-1633.; Thomas, R. S. 1913-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Herbert, George, 1593-1633 -- Criticism and interpretation; Thomas, R. S. 1913- -- Criticism and interpretation; Thomas, R. S. 1913- -- Religion; Herbert, George, 1593-1633 -- Religion; Church of England -- Clergy -- Intellectual life; Church of England -- In literature; Christian poetry, English -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- England; Theology in literature; God in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: The calling : the vocations of priest and poet; title: "A little aside from the main road" : country parsons; title: The word and the poets : the Bible; title: Speaking to God : prayer; title: The bread of truth : the Eucharist; title: "Faith makes me anything and all"; title: "One cunning bosome-sinne"; title: "Love bade me welcome" : "love fiercer than we can understand"; title: "Oh what a thing is man!"; title: Cross-pollination : "truth's flower"; title: "The sky-rhyming child" : the Incarnation; title: "This strange and uncouth thing" : the Good Friday poems; title: "To run, rise, rest with thee" : Easter; title: At the end.