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A Naked Tree

Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems

  • Paperback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
  • 16.5 x 22.4 x 2.3 cm

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For poetry lovers and fans of C. S. Lewis

Reveals Joy Davidman's unique voice and struggles

You will gain insight into love and spirituality

A Naked Tree showcases Joy Davidman's profound poetry, including love sonnets to C. S. Lewis.

Although best known as C. S. Lewis's wife, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer herself who produced, among other things, two novels and an award-winning volume of poetry in her short lifetime.The first comprehensive collection of Davidman's poetry, "A Naked Tree" includes the poems that originally appeared in her "Letter to a Comrade" (1938), forty other published poems, and more than two hundred previously unpublished poems that came to light in a remarkable 2010 discovery.Of special interest is Davidman's sequence of forty-five love sonnets to C. S. Lewis, which offer stunning evidence of her spiritual struggles with regard to her feelings for Lewis, her sense of God's working in her lonely life, and her mounting frustration with Lewis for keeping her at arm's length emotionally and physically.Readers of these Davidman poems -- arranged chronologically by Don King -- will discover three recurring, overarching themes: God, death, and immortality; politics, including capitalism and communism; and (the most by far) romantic, erotic love. This volume marks Joy Davidman as a figure to be reckoned with in the landscape of twentieth-century American poetry.
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  • Title

    A Naked Tree

  • Author

    Joy Davidman

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Items in Pack

    1

  • Publisher

    William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

  • Published

    June 2015

  • Weight

    473g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    16.5 x 22.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802872883

  • ISBN-10

    0802872883

  • Eden Code

    4322229