The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical StudyClarendon Press, 1997 - 552 Seiten Why do people sing hymns? Are hymns poetry? What makes a good hymn? The author discusses the nature of hymns and their particular appeal, examines the English hymn as a literary form, and systematically describes its development through four centuries, from the Reformation to the mid-twentieth century. |
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... Christian era . It is part of a general shift of emphasis at this time from the Old Testament to the New.57 So we ... Christian condition in which the word was made flesh . In his ' Preface ; or An Inquiry into the right way of Fitting ...
... Christian era . It is part of a general shift of emphasis at this time from the Old Testament to the New.57 So we ... Christian condition in which the word was made flesh . In his ' Preface ; or An Inquiry into the right way of Fitting ...
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... Christian Israel ' ) , but his response to this is robust : ' Stand up and bless the Lord ' . In particular , he has a Herbert - like sense of three things : the central im- portance of prayer ; the life and person of Jesus Christ ; and ...
... Christian Israel ' ) , but his response to this is robust : ' Stand up and bless the Lord ' . In particular , he has a Herbert - like sense of three things : the central im- portance of prayer ; the life and person of Jesus Christ ; and ...
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... Christian Isle . The ' Christian Isle ' is Britain , but it is difficult to avoid the impression that it is Keble's England , home of the parish church and the Book of Common Prayer . And Hardy's mordant poem ( the word is G. B. ...
... Christian Isle . The ' Christian Isle ' is Britain , but it is difficult to avoid the impression that it is Keble's England , home of the parish church and the Book of Common Prayer . And Hardy's mordant poem ( the word is G. B. ...
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The State of the Art | 1 |
The Singing of Hymns and the Experience of Metre | 22 |
The Whole Booke of Psalmes | 42 |
Urheberrecht | |
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