Chapters Into Verse

From John Milton to D. H. Lawrence poets have found creative inspiration in the Bible. This unique two-volume collection encompasses work of a variety of tones - devotional and meditative sardonic or political - and includes re-enactments of key episodes lyrical descants on familiar passages personal expressions of faith and veiled social commentaries.Roughly dividing the material between Old and the New Testaments each volume presents the original biblical passage along with the poem to provide a fascinating new perspective on familiar works of literature. Innovative and comprehensive Chapters into Verse includes work by Donne Blake Keats Byron Hopkins Whitman Emily Dickinson Christina Rossetti Hardy Yeats T. S. Eliot Sylvia Plath and many many more.