{"product_id":"the-hundredfold-songs-for-the-lord-paperback","title":"The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Esolen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hundredfold \u003c\/i\u003eis a tapestry of hymns, monologues, and short lyrics knit together as one book-length poem in praise of Christ in all his startling humanity. Drawing from the riches of the English poetic tradition--meter, rhyme, music--the poet considers the mysterious man from Nazareth and the world he came to set on fire with splendor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving made a career translating the Italian masters Dante and Tasso, Anthony Esolen now puts on the dusty mantle of such English craftsmen as Donne, Milton, and Hopkins in his first book of original contemplative poetry. \u003ci\u003eThe Hundredfold\u003c\/i\u003e contains dramatic monologues set in first-century Greece and Palestine; lyrical meditations on creation, longing, failure, modern emptiness, and unshakeable hope; and twenty-one brand-new hymns, set to such traditional melodies as \"Picardy\" and \"Old One-Hundred-Twenty-Fourth\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes an introduction with diamond-sharp insights into English poetic form--at a time when form is so often misunderstood, if not dismissed. It provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and poets themselves, as well as those who simply read poetry for pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Esolen\u003c\/b\u003e translated the Modern Library edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the Johns Hopkins edition of Torquato Tasso's \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Delivered\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning contributor to nume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Esolen\u003c\/b\u003e translated the Modern Library edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the Johns Hopkins edition of Torquato Tasso's \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Delivered\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning contributor to numerous periodicals, he has authored fourteen books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eDefending Boyhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Out of the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundredfold\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at universities since 1987 and currently serves as professor of literature and writer in residence at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts in New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151248691335,"sku":"9781621642923","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/820951c60aac244d0f39c2b3d9740e06.webp?v=1733205691","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-hundredfold-songs-for-the-lord-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}