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Austin Clarke and the Consolations of Irish Catholicism

Austin Clarke and the Consolations of Irish Catholicism Tyler Farrell Allegiance to a religion often identifies the writer who chooses to display outwardly that religion's influence not only on the written word, but also on upbringing, morals, and ethical behavior. On recently discovering Joyce Kilmer's An Anthology of Catholic Poets, I wondered what it took to be included in such an anthology. Did a writer have to write about being a Catholic or compose poems that have a prayerful or soulful theme to them? Do the poems in this anthology help in understanding the otherworldly desires of Catholics? Could a writer be included in this anthology who was no longer a Catholic? I looked to the introduction for guidance. Kilmer writes, There are in this book poems religious in theme; there are also love-songs and war-songs. But I think that it may be called a book of Catholic poems. For a Catholic is not a Catholic only when he prays; he is a Catholic in all the thoughts and actions of his life. And when a Catholic attempts to reflect in words some of the Beauty of which as a poet he is conscious, he cannot be far from prayer and adoration.1 Essentially, Kilmer is saying http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Hibernia Review Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas

Austin Clarke and the Consolations of Irish Catholicism

Farrell, Tyler
New Hibernia Review , Volume 9 (4) – Feb 21, 2006
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Tyler Farrell Allegiance to a religion often identifies the writer who chooses to display outwardly that religion's influence not only on the written word, but also on upbringing, morals, and ethical behavior. On recently discovering Joyce Kilmer's An Anthology of Catholic Poets, I wondered what it took to be included in such an anthology. Did a writer have to write about being a Catholic or compose poems that have a prayerful or soulful theme to them? Do the poems in this anthology help in understanding the otherworldly desires of Catholics? Could a writer be included in this anthology who was no longer a Catholic? I looked to the introduction for guidance. Kilmer writes, There are in this book poems religious in theme; there are also love-songs and war-songs. But I think that it may be called a book of Catholic poems. For a Catholic is not a Catholic only when he prays; he is a Catholic in all the thoughts and actions of his life. And when a Catholic attempts to reflect in words some of the Beauty of which as a poet he is conscious, he cannot be far from prayer and adoration.1 Essentially, Kilmer is saying

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New Hibernia Review – Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas

Published: Feb 21, 2006

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