Acquainted with the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry

by Jeffrey Johnson

How do some of our best poets reflect death in their opaque art? What do their death poems tell us about our lives, about our faith--and the objects of our faith--and about the shape of our doubt? Acquainted with the Night is a study of death as it appears in the work of a handful of contemporary poets--Geoffrey Hill, Scott Cairns, Mark Jarman, R. S. Thomas, and Wendell Berry. The primary focus throughout is directed to the appearance of death, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561012513
• ISBN13: 9781561012510
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cowley Publications
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 9.2"