{"product_id":"a-naked-tree-joy-davidman-9780802872883","title":"A Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eDisplays for the first time the complete work of a neglected poetic genius\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although best known as C. S. Lewis's wife, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer herself who produced, among other things, two novels and an award-winning volume of poetry in her short lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first comprehensive collection of Davidman's poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Naked Tree\u003c\/i\u003e includes the poems that originally appeared in her \u003ci\u003eLetter to a Comrade\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), forty other published poems, and more than two hundred previously unpublished poems that came to light in a remarkable 2010 discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of special interest is Davidman's sequence of forty-five love sonnets to C. S. Lewis, which offer stunning evidence of her spiritual struggles with regard to her feelings for Lewis, her sense of God's working in her lonely life, and her mounting frustration with Lewis for keeping her at arm's length emotionally and physically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers of these Davidman poems -- arranged chronologically by Don King -- will discover three recurring, overarching themes: God, death, and immortality; politics, including capitalism and communism; and (the most by far) romantic, erotic love. This volume marks Joy Davidman as a figure to be reckoned with in the landscape of twentieth-century American poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joy Davidman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802872883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802872883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 6.46w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 36","brand":"Joy Davidman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044540215551,"sku":"9780802872883","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a88b1f4e-3262-4a0c-af77-c353bd341ae6.jpg?v=1684973444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-naked-tree-joy-davidman-9780802872883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}