{"product_id":"the-parthenon-paperback","title":"The Parthenon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Hobson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard B. Hays\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-seven poems in this collection were written over a period of many years. They vary greatly in style and length. The poems in the first two sections are lyrical. Natural beauty evokes wonder and tugs at memory. Creatures dance and sing. There is joy. The last poem in Part II, \"The Generations,\" shifts tone abruptly. There is conflict and loss. In the end, with the dolphins, beauty renews hope. \"The Generations\" is a bridge to the complex narrative poems and dramatic lyrics in Part III. Here the tragic is displayed, but also the divine power that redeems it. Part IV plunges into our modern abyss. The poems are an anguished cry from the heart of the fog enveloping our civilization. The long poem, \"The Fog,\" evokes the plight of lost and lonely individuals tending their private campfires in the night of the world, cut off from transcendence and marooned in the abstract unreality of the digital universe. Part V carries forward this momentum, referencing the genocidal violence of our age, but then moves from darkness and horror up into the light of revelation and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hobson has published four volumes of poetry: \u003ci\u003eRumours of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e (2005); \u003ci\u003eForgotten Genocides of the 20\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Century\u003c\/i\u003e, a collective work (2005); \u003ci\u003eFaces of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); and \u003ci\u003eLove Poems for my Wife, Victoria\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). A retired Episcopal priest who has lived over half his life in France working for ecumenical renewal, he has taught theology is many developing countries, including Rwanda, Burundi, Haiti, Armenia, and Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290445230329,"sku":"9781532690013","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/I_WFHvCoqg9781532690013.webp?v=1776283664","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-parthenon-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}