The 1987 publication offers a comprehensive examination of English metrical Psalms, marking a significant contribution to the study of this genre in the twentieth century. It delves into the historical context, literary features, and cultural significance of these Psalms, providing insights that have been previously unexplored in detail. This foundational work serves as an essential resource for scholars and enthusiasts interested in the evolution of English religious poetry.
La jaquette porte : " ... The Consolations of Writing reveals why the great contributors to this tradition of prison writing are among the most crucial figures in Western literature. Zim pairs writers from different periods and cultural settings, carefully examining the rhetorical strategies they used in captivity, often under the threat of death. She looks at Boethius and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as philosophers and theologians writing in defense of their ideas, and Thomas More and Antonio Gramsci as politicians in dialogue with established concepts of church and state. Different ideas of grace and disgrace occupied John Bunyan and Oscar Wilde in prison Madame Roland and Anne Frank wrote themselves into history in various forms of memoir and Jean Cassou and Irina Ratushinskaya voiced their resistance to totalitarianism through lyric poetry that saved their lives and inspired others. Finally, Primo Levi's writing after his release from Auschwitz recalls and decodes the obscenity of systematic genocide and its aftermath ..."