Poems Every Catholic Should Know - by Joseph Pearce (Leather Bound)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Carefully curated and beautifully bound. An uplifting gift!<br /><br /> This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity.<br /><br /> All of the great ones are here: Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, Dante and Chaucer from the High Middle Ages; Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and John Donne from the Reformation; English and American Romantics such as Browning and Whittier; late nineteenth-century mystics like Dickenson and Hopkins, as well the great converts of that period like Newman and Chesterton.<br /><br /> A conscious attempt was made to meet both the standards of academia and the tastes and sensibilities of the faithful.<br /><br /> The selections are arranged chronologically to serve also as a history of verse.<br /><br /> Brief biographical and anecdotal introductions reveal the varied relationships of the poets with each other and with the trials and tribulations of their day.<br /><br /> This magnificent collection is essential for all poetry lovers for those who respond to the beauty of the written word penned in the service of spiritual truth.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Joseph Pearce is Director of the Center for Faith and Culture and Writer in Residence at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a renowned biographer whose books include his autobiography, Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love(Saint Benedict Press, 2013);Candles in the Dark: The Authorized Biography of Fr. Ho Lung, Missionaries of the Poor(Saint Benedict Press, 2012), Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays(Ignatius Press, 2010); andTolkien: Man and Myth, a Literary Life(HarperCollins, 1998). He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Higher Education from Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts and also received the Pollock Award for Christian Biography. He is co-editor of theSt. Austin Reviewand has hosted two series on Shakespeare for EWTN, as well as hosting several EWTN productions on J. R. R. Tolkien."
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