Books by Peggy Rosenthal

This book is a collection of biographical sketches of some of the leading figures of our time, though the figures aren't people but configurations of words. Proposing that such words constitute an active force that can lead us into certain attitudes and behavior with realizing it, Rosenthal shows how our leading language acquired such power and suggests ways to escape its control.

Poets have always been the medium through which a culture talks of, and to, its gods. Despite the 20th century's self-definition as a secular and post-Christian epoch, this text shows it has produced poetry about Jesus of surprising quality and variety.