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Great Poets And Their Creeds: The Fallacy That Religion Inspires Great Poetry

Great Poets And Their Creeds: The Fallacy That Religion Inspires Great Poetry

McCabe, Joseph

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Comparative ReligionPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1432627171
ISBN13: 9781432627171
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Mar 1 2007
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Great Poets And Their Creeds: The Fallacy That Religion Inspires Great Poetry is a book written by Joseph McCabe that challenges the idea that religion is the primary source of inspiration for great poetry. The book explores the lives and works of some of the most celebrated poets in history, including William Shakespeare, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Walt Whitman, among others. McCabe argues that while many of these poets were religious, their most profound and enduring works were not necessarily inspired by their faith. Instead, he suggests that their greatest works were often the result of their own individual experiences, personal philosophies, and social and political contexts. The book is a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between poetry and religion, and challenges readers to reconsider the assumptions they may have about the sources of artistic inspiration.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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