John in the Company of Poets: The Gospel in Literary Imagination (Studies in Christianity and Literature) - Softcover

Gardner, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602584257 ISBN 13: 9781602584259

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Thomas Gardner artistically describes Jesus―"the Word made flesh"―as a poem penned by God for the world, and John―author of the Fourth Gospel―as the poem's interpreter. John's structural patterns, repetitions, and narrative interventions invite readers to experience for themselves the beauty of the divine poem. John in the Company of Poets deepens this invitation by re-imagining the biblical text through the eyes of such artists as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Wendell Berry, and T. S. Eliot, offering a literary reading of the Gospel based upon their powerful poetic replies. Poets are our best readers, contends Gardner, and his deft analysis forges a fresh path into the issues and tensions of John's Gospel.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Poetry that embodies John’s Gospel

About the Author:

Thomas Gardner is Alumni Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech. He is the author of, among other works, A Door Ajar: Contemporary Writers and Emily Dickinson; Jorie Graham: Essays on the Poetry; and Regions of Unlikeness: Explaining Contemporary Poetry. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1602584257
• ISBN 13: 9781602584259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236