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467:, Levertov's poetry is highly religious. She writes about experiencing God. These poems are breakthrough poems for her. She writes about a mountain, which becomes a metaphor for life and God. When clouds cover a mountain, it is still huge and massive and in existence. God is the same, she says. Even when He is clouded, we know He is there. Her poems tend to shift away from constantly questioning religion to accepting it simply. In "The Tide", the final section of
390:, and distrust of people. She attacks the United States pilots in her poems for dropping bombs. Overall, her war poems incorporate suffering to show that violence has become an everyday occurrence. After years of writing such poetry, Levertov eventually came to the conclusion that beauty and poetry and politics can't go together. This opened the door wide for her religious-themed poetry in the later part of her life.
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311:, as professor of English (professor emeritus). There she befriended Robert McAfee Brown, a professor of religion at Stanford and pastor. Franciscan Murray Bodo also became a spiritual advisor to her. In 1984 she uncovered notebooks of her mother and father, resolving some personal and religious conflict. In 1989, she moved from
886:(1986) had no editor as such: the book was edited by Bloodaxe Books in consultation with Denise Levertov, with helpful suggestions made by Linda Anderson and Cynthia Fuller. It was originated by Bloodaxe Books for publication in the UK and there was no corresponding US edition. It had no introduction or preface."
444:. This is a metaphor of spiritual growth. The growth of the tree is like the growth of faith, and as the tree goes through life we also go through life on a spiritual journey. Much of Levertov's religious poetry was concerned with respect for nature and life. Also among her themes were nothingness and absence.
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Christianity in 1984. She wrote a great deal of metaphysical poetry to express her religious views, and began to use Christianity to link culture and community together. In her poem "Mass" she writes about how the Creator is defined by His
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Enfaiths" Levertov begins to confront this "ample doubt" and her lack of "burning surety" in her faith. The religious aspect of this is the doubt vs. light debate. Levertov cannot find a balance between faith and
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are full of poems using images of cliffs, edges, and borders to push for change in life. Once again, Levertov packs her poetry with metaphors. She explores the idea that there can be peace in death. She also begins to suggest that nothing is a part of God. "Nothingness" and darkness are no longer
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during the 1950s, but denied any formal relations with the group. She began to develop her own lyrical style of poetry through those influences. She felt it was part of a poet's calling to point out the injustice of the
Vietnam War, and she also actively participated in rallies, reading poetry at
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February 1997, she experienced the death of Mitch Goodman. In December 1997, Levertov
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Levertov wrote many poems with religious themes throughout her career. These poems range from religious imagery to implied metaphors of religion. One particular theme was developed progressively throughout her poetry. This was the pilgrimage/spiritual journey of Levertov towards the deep
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Levertov was influenced by her religion, and when she began writing it was a major theme in her poetry. Through her father she was exposed to both Judaism and Christianity. Levertov always believed that her culture and her family roots had inherent value to herself and her
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creation. She writes a lot about nature and individuals. In the works of her last phase, Levertov sees
Christianity as a bridge between individuals and society, and explores how a hostile social environment can be changed by Christian values.
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was an especially important focus of her poetry, which often tried to weave together the personal and political, as in her poem "The Sorrow Dance", which speaks of her sister's death. Also in response to the
Vietnam War, Levertov joined the
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Levertov's war poetry. The poems "Poetry, Prophecy, Survival", "Paradox and Equilibrium", and "Poetry and Peace: Some Broader Dimensions" revolve around war, injustice, and prejudice. In her volume
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of Thoreau and Emerson. Although all these factors shaped her poetry, her conversion to Christianity in 1984 was the main influence on her religious writing. Sometime shortly after her move to Seattle in 1989, she became a
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Levertov wrote and published 24 books of poetry, as well as criticism and translations. She also edited several anthologies. Among her many awards and honours, she received the
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priest after converting to Christianity. In the mistaken belief that he would want to preach in a Jewish neighbourhood, he was housed in Ilford, within reach of a parish in
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Levertov's Poetry of Revelation, 1988–1998: The Mosaic of Nature and Spirit'
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The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes
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to avoid confusion with the previous UK edition called
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spiritual understanding and truth in her last poems.
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1625:. 1st ed. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1998. Web.
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1238:Denise Levertov: Selected Criticism
1026:The Letters of Denise Levertov and
258:Writers and Editors War Tax Protest
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1394:Critical Essays on Denise Levertov
1383:Wagner, Linda W., ed. (May 1979).
1168:"Con-versing with Denise Levertov"
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1773:Profile at Modern American Poetry
1356:Rodgers, Audrey T. (March 1993).
1295:Denise Levertov: New Perspectives
1284:Kinnahan, Linda A. (March 1994).
1185:A Bibliography of Denise Levertov
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785:This Great Unknowing: Last Poems
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1365:Sakelliou, Liana (June 1999).
1333:. DeLand, FL: Everett/Edwards.
1261:. NY: Oxford University Press.
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1374:Schley, Jim, ed. (1984).
1342:. NY: Simon and Schuster.
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1320:Middleton, Peter (1981).
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126:The Freeing of the Dust
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1347:Nelson, Cary (1981).
1137:Songs from an Outcast
967:The Poet in the World
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309:Stanford University
289:Brandeis University
237:Later life and work
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