Giant Hours with Poet Preachers

The volume collects introductory and critical essays on a selection of American and English poets, each chapter offering biographical sketch, readings of representative poems, and reflections on spiritual and social themes. It argues that Christian ideals remain untried at the societal level while showing how poets confront war, death, love, and the search for God; several pieces read wartime verse as articulation of religious sentiment and moral purpose. The book includes portraits and selected passages to illustrate how poetry can voice hope, sacrifice, and the aspiration to a more brotherly social order.