American Religious Poems: An Anthology (ed. Bloom - LOA)

Editor: Harold Bloom

ISBN: 9781931082747

Binding: hardcover

Section: Poetry

No more profound and intimate expression of America’s spiritual life can be found than the work of its poets. From Anne Bradstreet to the Beats, from Native American chant and Shaker hymnody to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, religion and spirituality have always been central to American poetry. In this unique anthology, world-renowned scholar Harold Bloom weaves a tapestry from the many strands of American religious experience and practice: the searching meditations of Puritan pioneers, the evangelical fervor of the Great Awakenings, the mystical currents of Transcendentalism, and the diverse influences of the world religions that have taken root in modern America.