Peter Bien
Autore di The mystery of Quaker light
Sull'Autore
Peter Bien is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College
Opere di Peter Bien
Words, wordlessness, and the word : silence reconsidered from a literary point of view (1992) 39 copie
In stillness there is fullness : a peacemaker's harvest : essays and reflections in honor of Daniel A. Seeger's four… (2000) 9 copie
Workbook for Demotic Greek I providing supplementary exercises in writing and spelling, complementing the oral/aural… (1973) 8 copie
Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης 1 copia
Opere correlate
L' ultima tentazione (1955) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni; Traduttore, alcune edizioni; Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 3,118 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Bien, Peter Adolph
- Data di nascita
- 1930-05-28
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- Istruzione
- Columbia University (MA - English and Comparative Literature, PhD - English and Comparative Literature)
Haverford College (BA - Music) - Attività lavorative
- professor (English and Comparative Literature)
- Organizzazioni
- Dartmouth College
Utenti
Recensioni
On retiring to Kendal (and beyond) : a literary… di Peter Bien
The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.
Light is the central metaphor in the religious lives of Friends, but not of Friends alone. “The light that lighteth every person who cometh into the world” has served as an image of sacred mystery for ancient Hebrews and Greeks, for Dante, for modern poets, and theorists on the physics of electromagnetism. What has Light meant to different people throughout the ages? How did various ideas about Light influence the prologue to John’s Gospel? What did early Friends understand Light to mean? This pamphlet explores the theology and poetry of Friends’ favorite religious symbol.… (altro)
What has light meant to different people throughout the ages? How did various ideas about light influence the prologue to John's Gospel? What did early Friends understand Light to mean? In this pamphlet, Peter Bien explores the theology and poetry of Friends favorite religious symbol.
The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.
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- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 277
- Popolarità
- #83,813
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 19
- ISBN
- 34
- Lingue
- 1