Poetic Prophecy in Western LiteratureJan Wojcik, Raymond-Jean Frontain In this collection of twelve essays, the editors attempt to define the poet as prophet in Western literature and to select the general attributes of prophetic writing. The essays focus, in the main, on the prophetic tradition in the English-speaking world, as well as on a sufficient number of writers outside that tradition, to prove that all prophetic writing shares common features. |
Contents
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The Prophet in the Poem | 13 |
The Uncertain Success of Isaiahs Prophecy A Poetical Reading | 31 |
The Prophetic the Apocalyptic and the Study of Medieval Literature | 40 |
Jane Leads Wisdom Women and Prophecy in SeventeenthCentury England | 55 |
The Riddle of Paradise Regained | 64 |
John Drydens Interest in Prophecy | 81 |
The Poetry of the Rainbow Milton and Newton among the Prophets | 94 |
Tradition for a Time of Crisis Whitmans Prophetic Stance | 119 |
Twain The Statements Was Interesting but Tough | 131 |
Thomas Manns Gentle Prophetic Voice | 143 |
Allen Ginsbergs Visions and the Growth of His Poetics of Prophecy | 157 |
Prophecy of Liberation The Poetry of Ernesto Cardenal | 174 |
Notes | 186 |
Contributors | 219 |
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