The Necessary Poetics of Atheism
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Description
"The Necessary Poetics of Atheism" collects poems and essays by three award-winning contemporary poets who demonstrate how atheism informs their poetics: as "a vehicle of political protest" in the work of Martín Espada, as a form of activism and secular goodness in Lauren Marie Schmidt's poems, and as an aesthetic confrontation of a theistic worldview in J. D. Schraffenberger's writing. An enlightening foreword by the atheist philosopher Andrew Sneddon and a compelling introduction by poet Heid E. Erdrich invite us to read these "uneasy, contentious, complex, powerful, triumphant voices that allow goodness to shine without God." Espada asks, "Where, then, does an atheist poet put his or her faith? Where do we find our salvation? Some poets would say: Poetry." Put your faith in "The Necessary Poetics of Atheism" and find salvation in these provocative pages.
Keywords
1900-2099; American poetry 20th century; American poetry 21st century; Atheism
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780986159732
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Twelve Winters Press
City
Sherman, IL
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Object Description
57 pages ; 23 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Schraffenberger, Jeremy; Espada, Martín; and Schmidt, Lauren Marie, "The Necessary Poetics of Atheism" (2016). Faculty Book Gallery. 688.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/688
