David W Stowe

Song of Exile

The Enduring Mystery of Psalm 137

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Produktbeschreibung

In Song of Exile David Stowe reconstructs the rich and varied reception history of Psalm 137 using textual analysis, historical overview, and a study of the psalm's place in popular culture. He weaves together the fascinating story of how the psalm has both shaped and been shaped by our understanding of violence, pain, oppression, and justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190466831
• ISBN-10: 0190466839
• Artikelnr.: 47866260

Autorenporträt

David W. Stowe teaches English and Religious Studies at Michigan State University, where he is interim chair of the English Department. During the 2012-13 academic year, Stowe held a research fellowship at Yale's Institute of Sacred Music. His most recent book is No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism. His previous book, How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans won the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: History
1) Mapping History
2) Comprehending Migration
3) Babylonia
4) In Nebuchudnezzar's Court
5) By the Kebar
6) People of the Land
7) Jeremiah
8) Lamentations
9) Strange Lands
10) Existential Exile
11) Rivers of Watertown
12) Melodious Rivers
Part Two: Memory
13) New World Babylon
14) American Jeremiah
15) Africa as New Israel
16) Echoes of Roland Hayes
17) Footnotes to C.L. Franklin
18) Moses and Jeremiah
19) Moses and Jeremiah
20) Forcing Memory
21) Wood Street
Part Three: Forgetting
22) Jedwabne
23) Revisiting a Vanished World
24) Blaming Victims
25) Thirsting for Vengeance
26) New World Captivity
27) Better Angels
28) Holocaust Songs
29) Sepulchral Memory
30) After Exile
Notes
Bibliography
Index