“this need to dance / this need to kneel”

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That Denise Levertov (1923-97) was one of the most pioneering and skilled poets of her generation is beyond dispute. Her masterly use of language, innovative experimentations with organic form, and the political acuity disclosed by her activist poetry are well marked by critical communities. But it is also quite clear that the poems Levertov wrote in the last twenty years of her life, with their more explicit focus on theological themes and subjects, are among the best poems written on religious experience of any century, let alone the twentieth. The collection of essays gathered here shed vital light on this neglected aspect of Levertov studies so as to expand and enrich the scope of critical engagement. In a mixture of theoretical considerations and close readings, these essays provide valuable reflections about the complex relationship between poetry and belief and offer philosophically robust insights into different styles of poetic imagination. The abiding hope is to broaden the terrain for discussions in twenty-first-century theology, literary theory, poetics, and aesthetics--honoring immanence, exploring transcendence, and dwelling with integrity within the spaces between.

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• Published by: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Published: 17 September 2019
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• EAN13: 9781532677380
• Language: English
• Document size: 7 MB

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“HÉŝÉ ÉŝŝÉà Éŝŝàŝ, ç àÉ à ôçûŝÉ, ÉxôÉ É àÉ à É ô ÉÉô’ŝ É, É ôÉÉ ôàŝ à à ÉçÉŝŝà ô É É- , à É ô àŝ àçŝ à ôÉ. HÉ Éŝŝàŝ çôÉ ûç à àŝ ô ÉÉ ÉIÉ ÉôÉ à ŝÉ à çÉà  ô É ôÉŝ à àçÉ ÉÉô à É ôÉô ô É ôÉ ô à. A ôô ô àôÉ ÉÉŝÉ  É çôû ô,  ôû ôûÉ Éŝ, ô Éà ôÉ.” —JOHN F. DEANE Founder of Poetry Ireland; author ofDear Pilgrims

“É É 2015 ôôà UÉŝ çôÉÉçÉ à ŝàÉ É, ÉŝÉ Éŝŝàŝ ôfÉ à Éàŝ ô ÉLÉçô ô É ôÉ ô DÉŝÉ ÉÉô. HÉ çôÉx, çÉŝŝ, à ààçÉ ô É ô çôÉŝ àÉ ô É àÉ àŝ ûÉôûŝ çôÉàôŝ—ôÉŝ, Éà ççŝ, Éôôàŝ, ôŝôÉŝ, ôÉŝŝ, à ôôŝŝ—ÉxôÉ É çôûô àŝ ôÉ, ôÉ, à Éŝ. HÉ ôûÉ ŝ ûqûÉ  à  ûŝ ô à çÉÉ ÉÉô’ŝ ôÉç É àŝ à àç ô à.”

—DANA GREENE Emory University, author ofDenise Levertov: A Poet’s Life

“A É-à çôÉçô ô ôû-ôô à ôôçàÉ Éŝŝàŝ à ÉxôÉ É Éôôçà, ôçà, Éçôôçà, ÉŝÉç, à ôÉç - Éŝôŝ ô DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ àçÉ-ŝàûàÉ ôÉ à ôû. ÉÉ ŝ à ôçÉ,  àŝ ÉçôÉ ÉÉ çÉàÉ, àŝ çÉà ô É Càôç ààô àŝ É ô ô àÉ O’Côô, Hôàŝ MÉô, à Dôô Dà.”

—PAUL MARIANI Boston College

“ï ŝ à jô à ÉàŝŝûàçÉ ô ŝÉÉ à ô à DÉŝÉ ÉÉô, É É, É ô, à É ÉÉ û çôÉx ŝûà çôûÉ ô ŝÉ ŝÉŝ- É, ŝçôà ÉLÉçô. Hà É Éôŝ à çôûôŝ çôûÉ ô I ŝûç jÉÉŝ ô ŝô  ÉÉô’ŝ Éôûŝ ôÉŝ, à  É ‘çàà- ôà ôÉçŝ ô à’ ÉŝÉàŝ É çôûÉ àûÉ ô É É-Iŝ çÉû à Éô.”

—EDWIN BLOCK Marquette University

“Hŝ ŝ à ŝû çôÉçô ô Éŝŝàŝ ô ôÉ ô É ôŝ ôà ôÉŝ ô É ÉÉ çÉû. àÉ ôÉÉ, É ôfÉ à ôôû à ô É- àÉ É Éôôçà ôÉçŝ ô DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ ô.”

—MARK BOSCO, S.J. Georgetown University

“îs éé ô àçé / îs éé ô kéé” Denise Levertov and the Poetics of Faith

“îs éé ô àçé / îs éé ô kéé”

Denise Levertov and the Poetics of Faith

Edite d by M IC HA E L P. M U R PH Y and M E L I S S A B R A D SHAW

“ïS NEED O DANCE / ïS NEED O NEE” DÉŝÉ ÉÉô à É PôÉçŝ ô à

Cô © 2019 W à Sôç PûŝÉŝ. A ŝ ÉŝÉÉ. ExçÉ ô É qûôàôŝ  ççà ûçàôŝ ô ÉÉŝ, ô à ô ŝ ôô à É ÉôûçÉ  à àÉ ôû ô É Éŝŝô ô É ûŝÉ. WÉ: PÉŝŝôŝ, W à Sôç PûŝÉŝ, 199 W. 8 AÉ., SûÉ 3, EûÉÉ, OR 97401.

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NàÉŝ: Mû, MçàÉ P, Éô. | Bàŝà, MÉŝŝà, Éô. É: “ŝ ÉÉ ô àçÉ / ŝ ÉÉ ô ÉÉ” : DÉŝÉ ÉÉô à É ôÉçŝ ô à. / ÉÉ  MçàÉ P. Mû à MÉŝŝà Bàŝà. DÉŝçô: EûÉÉ, OR : Pçç Pûçàôŝ, 2019. | ïçûÉŝ ôàçà ÉÉ- ÉçÉŝ à Éx. ïÉIÉŝ: isbn 978-1-5326-7736-6 (àÉàç) | isbn 978-1-5326-7737-3 (àçôÉ) | isbn 978-1-5326-7738-0 (Éôô) SûjÉçŝ: CS: ÉÉô, DÉŝÉ,—1923–1997—Cçŝ à ÉÉàô. | PôÉ. | Éà Cçŝ à HÉô. CàŝŝIçàô: PS3562.E8876 Z8 2019 (àÉàç) | PS3562.E8876 Z8 (Éôô)

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09/13/19

ÉÉô ôÉŝ ô àçÉ à DÉÉ, Éŝ.,Hé Côéçé Pôéms ô Déîsé é- véôv. Cô © 2013  NÉ DÉçôŝ. RÉÉ  Éŝŝô ô NÉ DÉçôŝ.

ô DÉŝÉ,  ôÉ à àûÉ

. . . but ineluctable this shimmering of wind in the blue leaves:

this flood of stillness widening the lake of sky:

this need to dance, this need to kneel: this mystery:

—Denise Levertov,“Of Being”

Contents

Açkôwémés | x ïôûçô: “ô LÉŝ ô àÉ ô”: PôÉ àŝ à Aç ô à | 1 —M P. M

Part ï 1  HÉ PôÉ àŝ SàçàÉ | 23 —A G 2 PôÉç SÉ-CÉàô à É SàçàÉà ïààô: O DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ ôûàô ô à DŝçÉ Sûà | 37 —C D 3  Exô É PàÉ UÉŝÉ: RÉôŝ  DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ PôÉ | 50 —C M. G-F 4  “ŝ ÉÉ à ààŝ ÉÉ”: DÉŝÉ ÉÉô à É Dàà ô à | 66 —K F. B, SJ 5 | 83ïôç Gô ô ôŝà  ÉÉô’ŝ —B L 6 | 96ÉÉô: HÉ UŝÉŝ ô OûàÉ  DÉŝÉ —M G

Part ïï 7  àÉ BÉàû: Éŝô à àŝçÉÉçÉ  DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ Eçô-Éôôçà PôÉçŝ | 111 —M P. M 8 / ÉÉÉçÉ, àçÉ ôÉ”: “àŝŝôàÉ ÉÉô à WÉ  É Côûô ô SûÉ | 127 —C R.W

9 E: DÉôôà AŝŝÉôŝ, RÉôûŝ AÉô, HÉ à DÉŝÉ ÉÉô’ŝ PôÉçŝ ô CôŝûÉ | 140 —C E 10  “MôÉŝ ô Vŝô”: HÉ SàûàÉ PÉôÉôô ô DÉŝÉ ÉÉô | 151 —E J 11 à MÉô, Mŝ, GÉ à GÉ ôŝŝ  PôÉ à Pôôà | 167 —J D. E. P,VDMF 12 | 189 HÉ WÉ ôûà: ÉÉô’ŝ ïçààôà ïààô —J R H 13  Aûçàôŝ | 205 —A A O’D

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