Sermons from Literature illustrates the close relationships that exist between the literary reading experience and the religious experience. Through illustrative essays about "readerly response" to diverse works by Angelou, Dante, Dickey, Drayton, Herbert, Hopkins, and Shakespeare, Moore proposes new stylistic tactics in literary criticism. This book will be of great interest to University scholars and college teachers interested in theory and the profession of English and anyone concerned about crossing disciplinary borders.