Approaching prayer : ritual and the shape of myth in A.R. Ammons and James Dickey /

Approaching prayer : ritual and the shape of myth in A.R. Ammons and James Dickey /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kirschten, Robert, 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1998.
Series:	Southern literary studies
Subjects:	Ammons, A. R., > 1926-2001 > Criticism and interpretation. Dickey, James > Criticism and interpretation. Religious poetry, American > History and criticism. Prayer in literature. Ritual in literature. Myth in literature. Southern States > Intellectual life > 1865-

Table of Contents:

This black rich country : Ammons' mythic "way" begins at Sumer
Ammons' Sumerian songs : desert laments and eastern quests
Dickey's "Approaching prayer" : ritual and the shape of myth
Form and genre in Dickey's "Falling" : the great goddess gives birth to the earth
The momentum of word-magic in Dickey's The eye-beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and mercy.