Christian Poetry in America Since 1940

Download or read book Christian Poetry in America Since 1940 written by Micah Mattix and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 Christianity Book Award — Culture & The Arts! "One of the best, and least expected, anthologies in decades.” —Joseph Bottum, Poetry editor, New York Sun Showcasing thirty-five American poets born in or after 1940, this anthology confirms that one of the most vibrant developments in contemporary verse has been a renewed engagement with the Christian faith. Across a full spectrum of Christian belief, including the struggle to believe at all, these poets bring the power of their art to bear on serious questions: how to understand the goodness of God in a fallen and tragic world, how to reconcile universal truths with the particularities of human experience, how to render familiar events of salvation history in new language that generates its own epiphanies. As Christian engagement assumes a multiplicity of modes and voices, so does contemporary poetry in America. This volume, then, selective yet representative, features the work of early-, mid-, and late-career poets, formalists, free-verse poets, and experimenters in prosody. This anthology bears witness to the poetic mind as it seeks that which is above.