Faith in Verse - (New Directions in Religion and Literature) by Philipp Reisner (Hardcover)

About the Book

The book examines the profound influence of biblical themes on contemporary poetry written in English through the work of Brooks Haxton, Suji Kwock Kim, Kevin Hart, and Li-Young Lee.

Book Synopsis

Examining the profound influence of biblical themes on contemporary poetry written in English, this book explores the work of Brooks Haxton, Suji Kwock Kim, Kevin Hart, and Li-Young Lee.
Going beyond a mere examination of literary works, it considers how the presence of biblical references shapes and transforms contemporary Anglo-American poetry in unique and compelling ways. It argues that these poets' engagement with the biblical text transcends spirituality and cultural identity to constitute a form of theology deeply rooted in specific denominational concerns, situating the poets in relation to Romantic and Modernist antecedents and addressing the cyclical, political, and poetic dimensions of their work.

About the Author

Philipp Reisner teaches as a Privatdozent at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.