Peter Bien
Teoksen The mystery of Quaker light tekijä
Tietoja tekijästä
Peter Bien is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College
Tekijän teokset
Words, wordlessness, and the word : silence reconsidered from a literary point of view (1992) 39 kappaletta
Kazantzakis: Politics of the Spirit (Princeton Modern Greek Studies; 2 Volume Set) (1990) 13 kappaletta
In stillness there is fullness : a peacemaker's harvest : essays and reflections in honor of Daniel A. Seeger's four… (2000) 9 kappaletta
Workbook for Demotic Greek I providing supplementary exercises in writing and spelling, complementing the oral/aural… (1973) 8 kappaletta
Three generations of Greek writers : introductions to Cavafy, Zazantzakis, Ritsos (1983) 3 kappaletta
Kazantzakis' Post-Christian Christ 1 kappale
Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης 1 kappale
Associated Works
Viimeinen kiusaus (1955) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset; Kääntäjä, eräät painokset; Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 3,102 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Bien, Peter Adolph
- Syntymäaika
- 1930-05-28
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- New York, New York, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- Koulutus
- Columbia University (MA - English and Comparative Literature, PhD - English and Comparative Literature)
Haverford College (BA - Music) - Ammatit
- professor (English and Comparative Literature)
- Organisaatiot
- Dartmouth College
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
On retiring to Kendal (and beyond) : a literary… Tekijä: 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.… (lisätietoja)
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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