Playing Jonah's Hand: Poems
Description:
Playing Jonah's Hand: Poems is a collection of poems with a critical introduction. The introduction consists of two independent essays, both of which examine intersections between poetry and Christian theology. In the first essay I identify the imaginative faculty as the primary source of agency for the speaker in John Donne's "Holy Sonnets." Working upon Barbara Lewalski's assertion that these sonnets represent "the Protestant paradigm of salvation in its stark, dramatic, Pauline terms," I con…
more
Access:
Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date:
May 2000
Creator:
Dyer, Gregory A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries