Tag Gerard Manley Hopkins

December 18, 2013
in Literature, Religion

Q & A with the Authors of Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry

December 18, 2013
in Literature, Religion

Follow @yaleRELIbooks With the holiday season in full-swing, Christmas carols are playing every where you go. These hymns are part of a much larger tradition of devotional poetry extensively laid out in Before the Door of God, an anthology edited by Jay Hopler and Kimberly Johnson. We spoke with Hopler and

November 3, 2013
in Literature, Religion

Before the Door of God: 3000 Years of Devotional Lyric Poetry

November 3, 2013
in Literature, Religion

Follow @yaleRELIbooks In Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry, editors Jay Hopler and Kimberly Johnson present a thoughtfully selected collection of devotional lyric poetry. From its origins in ancient hymnody to its twenty-first century incarnations, devotional poetry in the English language has undergone many changes in