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Devotions : poems / by Timothy Murphy ; preface by Dana Gioia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Fargo, ND : North Dakota State University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780911042917
  • 0911042911
Uniform titles:
  • Poems. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Timothy Murphy's Devotions revives this major but neglected poetic genre with variety and amplitude. In over two hundred short poems, Murphy explores the vicissitudes of modern spiritual life. Some of the poems are inspirational, celebrating the joyous mysteries of faith. Others confront the sorrows and failures of contemporary life - presenting unvarnished the painful dramas of sin, despair, repentance, and redemption. Murphy celebrates the saints, but he has not forgotten 'the battered, the drunkards, the sinners,' among whom the poet numbers himself. In these poems, the drama of redemption is not abstract but personal.-Dana Gioia."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 242 M978 Available 33111008722866
Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library North Dakota Collection 242 M978 Not for loan 33111008800100
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

"Timothy Murphy's Devotions revives this major but neglected poetic genre with variety and amplitude. In over two hundred short poems, Murphy explores the vicissitudes of modern spiritual life. Some of the poems are inspirational, celebrating the joyous mysteries of faith. Others confront the sorrows and failures of contemporary life - presenting unvarnished the painful dramas of sin, despair, repentance, and redemption. Murphy celebrates the saints, but he has not forgotten 'the battered, the drunkards, the sinners,' among whom the poet numbers himself. In these poems, the drama of redemption is not abstract but personal.-Dana Gioia."--Jacket.

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