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Anne Ridler. RELIGIOUS POETRY : A MINOR BRANCH OF THE ART ? The question form in which I framed my title is one of those which probably expect the answer No. However , I chose it as my subject for this lecture ... RELIGIOUS POETRY: ...
Anne Ridler. RELIGIOUS POETRY : A MINOR BRANCH OF THE ART ? The question form in which I framed my title is one of those which probably expect the answer No. However , I chose it as my subject for this lecture ... RELIGIOUS POETRY: ...
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... poetry deals with the cosmos in practical ways that are by definition religious , whether for purposes of praise , propitiation or incan- tation . The poet as maker rivals the gods a dangerous function , George Steiner has called it ...
... poetry deals with the cosmos in practical ways that are by definition religious , whether for purposes of praise , propitiation or incan- tation . The poet as maker rivals the gods a dangerous function , George Steiner has called it ...
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... poet , however , has been quoted only as a critic . The Four Quartets are for me the supreme religious poetry of our time , and I cannot end without including a few lines from one , though they are so often quoted that certain tags are ...
... poet , however , has been quoted only as a critic . The Four Quartets are for me the supreme religious poetry of our time , and I cannot end without including a few lines from one , though they are so often quoted that certain tags are ...
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