American Poets and Their Theology

by Augustus Hopkins Strong

Publisher:

Griffith & Rowland

, 1916

Overview

In American Poets and Their Theology, Strong examines the lives and work of nine American poets. He provides close readings of their poems, analyzing them through an evangelical lens. Strong examines the work of William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sidney Lanier, and Walt Whitman.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Puritanism too often lacked the recognition of a present Christ. In ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress,’ Christian expects to see his Saviour when he reaches the heavenly city, but he is destitute of his companionship on the journey thither.” (Page 45)

Product Details

• Title: American Poets and Their Theology
• Author: Augustus Hopkins Strong
• Publisher: Griffith & Rowland
• Print Publication Date: 1916
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Religion in literature; American poetry › 19th century--History and criticism; Poets, American
• Resource ID: LLS:AMERPOETSTRONG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:01:09Z

About Augustus Hopkins Strong

Augustus Hopkins Strong (3 August 1836 – 29 November 1921) was a Baptist minister and theologian who lived in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most influential book, Systematic Theology, proved to be a mainstay of Reformed Baptist theological education for several generations.