What is meant by `Christian' verse? What must there be in a passage of verse that gives us the right to call it `Christian'? These are the questions discussed in Professor Davie's illuminating introduction and answered implicitly on every page of his collection of over 260 poems. This well-loved anthology embraces everything from the Anglo-Saxon 'The Dream of the Rood' to the works of modern poets such as T. S. Eliot, Sir John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, and John Berryman. Australian and American poetry appears alongside English, Anglo-Irish, Scottish, and Anglo-Welsh verse, and the book also includes a selection of congregational hymns.

About the Author
Donald Davie is a distinguished scholar, poet, and literary critic. He is the author of several books, including his Collected Poems, and editor of several anthologies.

Reviews
Review from previous edition Donald Davie has put together a fascianting anthology. There is much in this anthology to charm, to teach - and above all, to enjoy for all who read poetry - but especially the Christian reader. * Diana Good, The Door *
Fine poems abound in this book... should please, enrich and help a very wide readership * Catholic Herald *



Book Information
ISBN 9780192804860
Author Donald Davie
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 284g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 22mm