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Author Ripatrazone, Nicholas, author

Title Wild belief poets and prophets in the wilderness / Nick Ripatrazone
Published Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2021]
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Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: What Is the Wilderness? -- Introduction: Prophecy Revealed in the Wilderness -- 1. Tempted: God in the Desert -- 2. Wild Creativity: Gerard Manley Hopkins -- 3. Stewards of the Gloriously Indifferent: Wendell Berry and Terry Tempest Williams -- 4. Ghosts Demand More: Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane -- 5. A Tremendous Sublime: William Everson -- 6. Salvific Wilderness: Mary Oliver and W. S. Merwin -- Conclusion: A Clearing in the Wilderness -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Summary Wild Belief brings together a diverse and unique set of writers who span literary styles, genres, and time periods--but who are united in their search for spirit in the wild. Through them we discover the tension between our understanding of the wilderness as both a fearful and a sacred space, which makes it particularly apt for capturing the unknown and surprising elements of belief
Subject Nature in literature -- History and criticism
Nature in literature -- Religious aspects
Nature -- Religious aspects -- Poetry
Poetry -- Religious aspects.
Nature in literature
Nature -- Religious aspects
Poetry -- Religious aspects
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Poetry
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781506464640
1506464645