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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Johnson:poetic imagination VS.religious devotion
2.2 T.S.Eliot:enjoyment interfered by belief
2.3 David Cecil and C.S.Lewis:the paradox of devotional poetry-the spontaneous self vs.the guided conscience
Chapter Three A Genre inthe Making
3.1 The concord between science and Christianity and the split between theology and devotion
3.2 Describing Devotional Poetry
3.2.1 Self-consciousness towards the universal Mind in working out conflicts of mind
3.2.2 God to be approached anew:monologizing and dramatizing confession
Chapter Four Poetic Media:Vision and Meter
4.1 Poetic meditation as content:approaching God through imaginary visions
4.2 Metrical supplication as form:intensity presented and pacified
Chapter Five Conclusion
Endnotes
Works Cited
Bibliography
