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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... Wesley's life has been the subject of many biographies , from Robert Southey's onwards . It will be sufficient here to relate that life to Wesley's work as translator , writer , and compiler , beginning with his admiration for the ...
... Wesley's life has been the subject of many biographies , from Robert Southey's onwards . It will be sufficient here to relate that life to Wesley's work as translator , writer , and compiler , beginning with his admiration for the ...
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... Wesley's ( John's father's ) Behold the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree ; - and the section is almost entirely concerned with the redeeming love of Christ ; it contains some of Charles Wesley's most dramatic and moving ...
... Wesley's ( John's father's ) Behold the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree ; - and the section is almost entirely concerned with the redeeming love of Christ ; it contains some of Charles Wesley's most dramatic and moving ...
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... Wesley and Watts . For although in Horae Lyricae Watts claimed to be a scorner of petty restrictions and critical limits , his hymn- writing is decorously ordered , and his volumes are shaped by controlling ideas . Wesley's enthusiasm ...
... Wesley and Watts . For although in Horae Lyricae Watts claimed to be a scorner of petty restrictions and critical limits , his hymn- writing is decorously ordered , and his volumes are shaped by controlling ideas . Wesley's enthusiasm ...
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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 |
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