Modern Religious Verse and Prose: an Anthology
by Merrifield, Fred (ed.)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sone, 1925. First ed. Hardcover. Very good with contemporary gift inscription in neat ink. See photos. No jacket.. Quarto in dark blue polished cloth; xiv, 471 pages; 20 cm; indexes. A surprisingly scarce work. Contents: The irrepressible yearning after God -- O Thou, God of all / Rupert Brooke -- Wind and lyre / Edwin Markham -- O love that wilt not let me go / George Matheson -- Wanting so the face divine; The hungry / Caroline Giltinan -- Pauline / Robert Browning -- What can it mean? / Anonymous -- Empty / Berton Braley -- Caliban--and I / Laura Bell Everett -- Umnos Ãumnos / Arthur Hugh Clough -- Stagirius / Matthew Arnold -- The creedless love; From The Higher Catechism / Sam Walter Foss -- From Accepting the Universe / John Burroughs -- The god-maker, man / Don Marquis -- Multiple stars / Henry Meade Bland -- Sea-horizons / John Hall Wheelock -- The new miracle / John Drinkwater -- Earth's common things / Minot J. Savage -- The thing we long for / James Russell Lowell -- The soul's expression / Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- The true measure of life / P.J. Bailey -- A child's thought of God / Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- We cannot kindle / Matthew Arnold -- Faith / Edward Bulwer Lytton -- The riddle of the world; The brother of mercy / Whittier -- The thread of truth / Arthur Hugh Clough -- Starting from Paumanok; Grand is the seen / Whitman -- From Evolution and Ethics / Thomas Henry Huxley -- From Night / James Oppenheim -- From Present Philosophical Tendencies / Ralph Barton Perry -- The eternal goodness / Whittier. Religious poetry, American. Religious literature, English. Religious literature, American. Religion -- Literary collections. Poésie religieuse anglaise. Littérature religieuse anglaise. Littérature religieuse américaine. Religion -- Anthologies. Religion. Religious literature, American. Religious literature, English. Religious poetry, American. Religious poetry, English."Fred Merrifield was an American editor, scholar, and educator who served as a professor of English at the University of Chicago. He is best known for editing several anthologies of literature, including "Modern Religious Verse and Prose: An Anthology."The anthology includes works by a wide range of writers, including T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Thomas Merton, and many others. The collection aims to showcase the diversity and richness of religious writing in the 20th century, and to explore the complex relationships between faith, doubt, and modernity.Merrifield was also known for his work on the poetry of W.B. Yeats, and he published several articles and essays on Yeats' work. In addition, he was a well-respected teacher and mentor to many students at the University of Chicago, and he was known for his passion for literature and his commitment to the humanities." // Anthologies, Christianity, Spirituality.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- Modern Religious Verse and Prose: an Anthology
- Author
- Merrifield, Fred (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good with contemporary gift inscription in neat ink. See photos. No jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First ed
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sone
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Religious poetry, English
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