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This book explores a range of twentieth and twenty-first century poem-prayers directed to or involving Mary. In readings of works by T. S. Eliot, David Jones, Geoffrey Hill, Elizabeth Jennings, Hilary Davies, Rowan Williams and others, Ward traces the resurgence of interest in Mary from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
By the early twentieth century, the once widespread and fervent cult of the Virgin Mary had for more than three hundred years been largely absent from England's religious life. Similarly, the figure of Mary had almost vanished from English poetry, only to return, gradually, as Marian devotion began to revive in the nineteenth century.
The perception of this devotion as somehow un-English, dominant since the Reformation, presented a challenge to poets engaged with the Marian theme in the modern day. Marian Poem-Prayers in the Modern Age examines how male and female poets from both Roman Catholic and Anglican backgrounds responded to this situation. The book also argues that the figure of Mary is a type of John Henry Newman's category of “real assent”: commitment that is not merely intellectual, but involves the totality of a person's being in relation to God.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. No Mother at the Manger
2. Newman, Hopkins and the Blessed Virgin
3. Singing of a Maiden in the Modern Day
4. Ponder These Things
5. 'She's A Rare One for Locality'
Conclusion
Bibliography
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| Published | 16 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781350507395 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | New Directions in Religion and Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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