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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... language which is used . Dr Johnson , as we have seen , maintained that such language was limited , together with the subject - matter ( ' the topics of devotion are few ... ' ) ; so , too , are the means of expression , governed as ...
... language which is used . Dr Johnson , as we have seen , maintained that such language was limited , together with the subject - matter ( ' the topics of devotion are few ... ' ) ; so , too , are the means of expression , governed as ...
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... language ' , the language of everyday use ( often thought of as ' economical ' ) and poetic language : in practical language , thought becomes habitual , whereas ' the technique of art is to make objects " un- familiar " . Art removes ...
... language ' , the language of everyday use ( often thought of as ' economical ' ) and poetic language : in practical language , thought becomes habitual , whereas ' the technique of art is to make objects " un- familiar " . Art removes ...
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... language of love , as in the dignified " Thee will I love , my strength , my tower ' ( from Scheffler's ' Ich will dich lieben , meine stärcke ' ) . It is seen also in his translation of the French visionary Antoinette Bourignon's ...
... language of love , as in the dignified " Thee will I love , my strength , my tower ' ( from Scheffler's ' Ich will dich lieben , meine stärcke ' ) . It is seen also in his translation of the French visionary Antoinette Bourignon's ...
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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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