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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... original text was of crucial importance . Sternhold and Hopkins said that they had ' conferred with the Hebrew ' , and other versions made similar claims . Milton , whose poetic instincts led him to add significantly to the original ...
... original text was of crucial importance . Sternhold and Hopkins said that they had ' conferred with the Hebrew ' , and other versions made similar claims . Milton , whose poetic instincts led him to add significantly to the original ...
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... original is the original of itself ; the verse is a rhetorical elaboration , ingenious and intricate , on I AM THAT I AM . The only way to cut through this circularity is by using negatives , and discovering what God is not . He may ...
... original is the original of itself ; the verse is a rhetorical elaboration , ingenious and intricate , on I AM THAT I AM . The only way to cut through this circularity is by using negatives , and discovering what God is not . He may ...
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... Original proclaim : — The diction is measured and noble , with three - syllabled words such as ' firmament ' and ' ethereal ' , leading towards the four - syllabled ' Original ' . The adjectives are also important - ' spacious ...
... Original proclaim : — The diction is measured and noble , with three - syllabled words such as ' firmament ' and ' ethereal ' , leading towards the four - syllabled ' Original ' . The adjectives are also important - ' spacious ...
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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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