Searching for Nova Albion - Brossura

Cranston, Pamela

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1532684193 ISBN 13: 9781532684197

Casa editrice: Resource Publications, 2019

Riassunto

The title Searching for Nova Albion comes from a pilgrimage Pamela Cranston, an Episcopal priest, once made to Drake’s Beach near Point Reyes, California. There, in 1579, Sir Francis Drake landed the first English ship in North America, which he called Nova Albion (New Britain). The title poem is a protest against abuses of the environment and of power, wherever and whenever they happen.

Inspired by the works of George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, R. S. Thomas, David Scott, and Rowan Williams, the author aspires to follow in their footsteps as a fellow poet-priest. Searching for Nova Albion displays a distinctive kind of spiritual sensibility found both within twentieth century English classical music and the Northern California landscape.

These poems display a love for the roots and beauty of the English language, as well as an appreciation for the mystical, but also keep a critical eye to question, laugh with, or doubt Christian tradition. Common themes that arise are unexpected encounters with nature and the numinous; questions about life, death, and eternity; writing and finding one’s voice; dealing with loss and defeat; and the recompense of joy.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Pamela Cranston is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of California, and the author of The Madonna Murders (2003) and Coming to Treeline: Adirondack Poems (2005). She has served several San Francisco Bay Area churches and hospices for the past thirty years. She lives with her husband, Edward, in Oakland, California.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Resource Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1532684193
• ISBN 13: 9781532684197
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 132
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile