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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... hope ; But hope delay'd fatigues the mind , And drinks the spirit up . In this hymn anxiety is turned into a confirmation of his religious sensi- bility , at the same time as expressing his sense of a cold heart ( as opposed to the ...
... hope ; But hope delay'd fatigues the mind , And drinks the spirit up . In this hymn anxiety is turned into a confirmation of his religious sensi- bility , at the same time as expressing his sense of a cold heart ( as opposed to the ...
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... hope , and having each other to talk to and survive with . In Beckett's play that purpose is in waiting , and in the shared experience of change and decay ; in Lyte's hymn it issues in the hope - ' Heaven's morning breaks , and earth's ...
... hope , and having each other to talk to and survive with . In Beckett's play that purpose is in waiting , and in the shared experience of change and decay ; in Lyte's hymn it issues in the hope - ' Heaven's morning breaks , and earth's ...
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... hope emerges in tired imagery ( " These are the crowns we shall wear ' ) but the hope of heaven is balanced by a healthy earthiness , of the kind that makes Bonar want to write about the Great Exhibition and place it in his scheme of ...
... hope emerges in tired imagery ( " These are the crowns we shall wear ' ) but the hope of heaven is balanced by a healthy earthiness , of the kind that makes Bonar want to write about the Great Exhibition and place it in his scheme of ...
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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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