Poets on the Psalms

Poets on the Psalms [electronic resource] / [edited by Lynn Domina]. - San Antonio, Tex. : Trinity University Press, c2008. - ix, 202 p.

Statement of responsibility from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The secret life of poetry and the Psalms / Madeline DeFrees -- On restiveness--in art, in life : the Psalms / Carl Phillips -- Psalm and anti-Psalm : a personal interlude / Alicia Ostriker -- Lover, dark and dangerous / Jill Alexander Essbaum -- Psalm 22 and the Gospels : a Midrashic moment and a hope for connection / Enid Dame -- Of time and vision / Pattiann Rogers -- Psalm 23 / Catherine Sasanov -- I shall not want : the twenty-third Psalm comes to Cleveland, Ohio / David Citino -- Want / Angie Estes -- 'Tis the season : holidays, harvests, and the Psalms / Lynn Domina -- Upon the floods / Diane Glancy -- "The devices and desires of our own hearts" : reflections on blessing and curse in the songs of ascent / Robert A. Ayres -- Rereading the Psalms / Janet McCann -- Lamentation, poetry, and the double life / Daniel Tobin.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
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2011.
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Bible.--O.T.--Psalms--Influence.
Bible.--O.T.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Poets, American--Religious life.
Bible as literature.
American essays.


Electronic books.

PS129 / .P62 2008eb

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