Christianity and Literature articles from June 2004

Christianity and Literature archives from June 2004

Dating the Devil: Daniel Defoe's Roxana and The Political History of the Devil.(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2004... In 1724 Daniel Defoe published his last novel, Roxana, and began writing works on the occult, including The Political History of the Devil (1726), A System of Magic (1726), and An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions (1727)....

Gerard Manley Hopkins and the language of mysticism.(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2004... The problem of mysticism is crucial for the understanding and interpretation of most religious poets. Certainly this is not to say that every religious poet is a mystic but rather that a relation to mysticism as a problem inevitably structures...

Christina Rossetti's dialogical devotion.(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2004... Although the Bible remains an acknowledged source of influence on Western literature, the Anglo-Catholic poet Christina Rossetti incorporates the divine Word with particular prominence. Throughout this prolific Victorian poet's writing,...

Quo vadis?: literary theory beyond postmodernism.
June 22, 2004... "Beyond postmodernism"--one can almost hear a sigh of relief. Finally we can say out loud what a growing number of books admit: postmodernism as a movement of renewal has run its course. In literary studies it is not just the inclusion of...

Now and Then a Mystery.(Poem)
June 22, 2004... Now and Then a Mystery [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] Once upon a time this same blue cup of morning poured itself into the mind of a perfect saint when a little bird flew to the palm of his hand. This I...

Divine skepticism: the films of Robert Bresson.(Special Feature)(Critical Essay)
June 22, 2004... Of all the filmmakers since cinema's earliest days, Robert Bresson offers arguably the most profound exploration of the moral and ethical issues that animate contemporary theological discussions. In a career of more than forty years, Bresson...

"The Soldiers Fall before Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane": From Tres Riches Heures of John Duc de Berry.(Poem)
June 22, 2004... "The Soldiers Fall before Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane": From Tres Riches Heures of John Duc de Berry Stars shine above a hill. An olive tree casts its shadow on the road the men walked down to take the one named...

Bakhtin and Religion: a Feeling for Faith.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Bakhtin and Religion: A Feeling for Faith. Edited by Susan M. Felch and Paul J. Contino. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8101-1824-6 (cloth), 0-8101-1825-4 (paper). Pp. 252. $79.95 (cloth), $27.95 (paper). In the...

Soldier Saints and Holy Warriors: Warfare and Sanctity in the Literature of Early England.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Soldier Saints and Holy Warriors: Warfare and Sanctity in the Literature of Early England. By John Edward Damon. Burlington (VT): Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003. ISBN 0-7546-0473-X. Pp. ix + 327. $79.95. The explosion of hagiography...

Reforming Empire: Protestant Colonialism and Conscience in British Literature.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Reforming Empire: Protestant Colonialism and Conscience in British Literature. By Christopher Hodgkins. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8262-1431-2. Pp. xii + 290. $37.50. In this compelling study of the rise and...

John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit. By David L. Edwards. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-8028-0522-1. Pp. xiii + 368. $25.00 (paper). This intellectual biography by the former Speaker's Chaplain in the British...

Spenser and Biblical Poetics.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Spenser and Biblical Poetics. By Carol V. Kaske. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8014-3679-6. Pp. xiv + 210. $45.00. This is a fascinating, challenging, and insightful book, one of the first I know to address ambiguities and...

Gender and the Power of Relationship: "United as one individual Soul" in Paradise Lost.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Gender and the Power of Relationship: "United as one individual Soul" in Paradise Lost. By Kristin A. Pruitt. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8207-0340-0. Pp. xvi + 196. $60.00. For new readers and teachers of Paradise...

Drawn to the Light: Poems on Rembrandt's Religious Paintings.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Drawn to the Light: Poems on Rembrandt's Religious Paintings. By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre. Grand Rapids: William B. Erdmans Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-8028-1282-1. Pp. 69. $20.00. Marilyn Chandler McEntyre's new book is a beautiful, small...

Telling the story.(Poem)
June 22, 2004... telling the story --for Tom and Holly there's a string of Italian nobles, processions, peacocks on the roof or saints in time warps, John the Baptist, for instance, in rags and furs, burrs and seed...

News and announcements.
June 22, 2004... [Copy for all future announcements should be directed to the following: Paul J. Contino and Maire E. Mullins, Coeditors, Christianity and Literature, Humanities Division, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA...