Track of the Mystic: The Spirituality of Jessica PowersJessica Powers has graced the pages of American literature since 1924, when her first published poem appeared in American Poetry Magazine. Track of the Mystic examines how she integrated her particular time and place in history with her religious experience to produce a mystical poetry in a distinctively American landscape. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Historical Setting | 4 |
The Teresian Expansion | 7 |
Maryland Carmelites in the Lowlands | 9 |
Carmelites in the United States | 11 |
Jessica Powers A Wisconsin Poet 19051936 | 16 |
The Family Background | 17 |
The Historical Context | 19 |
The Religious Context | 42 |
A New Circle of Friends | 44 |
Images and Themes in Poems Written in the New York Years | 49 |
Jessica Powers The Carmelite Poet 19411958 | 66 |
The Background of the Wisconsin Carmelites | 67 |
Jessicas Early Life in the Wisconsin Carmelite Community | 70 |
Poetic Reflections Influenced by Carmelite Spirituality | 74 |
The American Carmelite Vision of Jessica Powers 19581988 | 100 |
The Religious Context | 20 |
The Early Years | 22 |
Reflections Found in the Early Poems | 24 |
Jessica Powers The Poet on a Journey 19361941 | 38 |
The Historical Context | 39 |
Jessica Powers and Her Final Passages | 105 |
Poetic Reflections on Passages in Life | 107 |
Conclusion | 132 |
Bibliography | 138 |
Endnotes | 157 |
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