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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... poetry . In an essay entitled ' Poetry and Hymns ' , Christopher Driver has written , ' If hymns are only pious attempts at poems , if they are to be judged by the standards we apply to poetry , they usually make rather painful reading ...
... poetry . In an essay entitled ' Poetry and Hymns ' , Christopher Driver has written , ' If hymns are only pious attempts at poems , if they are to be judged by the standards we apply to poetry , they usually make rather painful reading ...
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... poetry , ' whose Original is Divine ' , 37 was supremely fitted to celebrate the truths of the Christian religion . The ' most glorious Design ' in poetry was the praise of God , and the proper Station of poetry was in the Temple of God ...
... poetry , ' whose Original is Divine ' , 37 was supremely fitted to celebrate the truths of the Christian religion . The ' most glorious Design ' in poetry was the praise of God , and the proper Station of poetry was in the Temple of God ...
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... poets , with Christian experience and inner response . Their poetry included sacred poems as well as hymns , and they brought the two genres closer together : the process was completed by Keble , who published The Christian Year in 1827 ...
... poets , with Christian experience and inner response . Their poetry included sacred poems as well as hymns , and they brought the two genres closer together : the process was completed by Keble , who published The Christian Year in 1827 ...
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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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