Saint Judas (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Wright
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Sonnet
- Subjects: Suffering, Suicide, Violence, Robbery or robbers, Loyalty, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Jesus Christ, Saints or sainthood
The title figure of Saint Judas, the paradox of the consecrated villain, reflects much of the spirit of this book. The poems are arranged in three sections which, at first, do not seem to have much connection: “Lunar Changes,” “A Sequence of Love Poems,” and “The Part Nearest Home.” They ultimately disclose continuity, both internally and with Wright's previous work. Formally and thematically, the links to the past are quite clear. Wright is still working primarily with traditional formal patterns, still approaching poetry as if it consisted of art objects carved...
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