Poets on the Psalms
By: edited by Lynn Domina.
Contributors: Domina, Lynn.
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Antonio, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781595340474; 9781595340481
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Influence; Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Poets, American -- Religious life; Bible as literature; American essays
Description: "This collection of essays interprets the Psalms as poetry. Written by fourteen acclaimed poets, the essays approach the Psalms from a personal, often autobiographical perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The secret life of poetry and the Psalms / Madeline DeFrees; title: On restiveness in art, in life : the Psalms / Carl Phillips; title: Psalm and anti-Psalm : a personal interlude / Alicia Ostriker; title: Lover, dark and dangerous / Jill Alexander Essbaum; title: Psalm 22 and the gospels : a midrashic moment and a hope for connection / Enid Dame; title: Of time and vision / Pattiann Rogers; title: Psalm 23 / Catherine Sasanov; title: I shall not want : the 23rd Psalm comes to Cleveland, Ohio / David Citino; title: Want / Angie Estes; title: Tis the season : holidays, harvests, and the Psalms / Lynn Domina; title: Upon the floods / Diane Glancy; title: The devices and desires of our own hearts : reflections on blessing and curse in the songs of ascent / Robert Ayres; title: Rereading the Psalms / Janet McCann; title: Lamentation, poetry, and the double life / Daniel Tobin.