{"product_id":"the-saint-marys-book-of-edward-short-9780852449868","title":"The Saint Mary's Book of Christian Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Saint Mary's Book of Christian Verse brings together the work of poets from across the English-speaking world to celebrate the sacred art of poetry in all of its pied beauty. Chosen by the acclaimed Newman scholar Edward Short, the collection captures not only the range but the richness of Christian verse. The last comparable anthology of Christian poetry to appear was Donald Davie's Oxford Book of Christian Verse (1981): a proper successor, one more reflective of the true scope and variety of Christian poetry, has been long overdue. The Saint Mary's Book of Christian Verse supplies that need with \u003cstrong\u003ea dazzling compilation encompassing eight centuries of Christian verse\u003c\/strong\u003e by poets extending from \u003cstrong\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Shakespeare, George Herbert, John Donne, John Milton and Henry Vaughan to William Cowper, Isaac Watts, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot and Dana Gioia.\u003c\/strong\u003e In between, readers will find poems about faith, hope, love, loss, praise, rejoicing, mortality and immortality from such beloved poets as \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Robert Southwell, Thomas Traherne, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Wallace Stevens, Charles Causley, Elizabeth Jennings, James McAuley, and Richard Wilbur\u003c\/strong\u003e. A perfect anthology for schools, colleges and the general reader, The Saint Mary's Book of Christian Verse will serve as a welcome reaffirmation for readers around the world of how vital Christian verse has been and remains to our deeply humanizing, deeply civilizing Christian inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Short\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0852449860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780852449868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gracewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Short","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080027959551,"sku":"9780852449868","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2122cc1d-638a-4095-b462-5dfb7edf872c.jpg?v=1685484548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-saint-marys-book-of-edward-short-9780852449868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}