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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... suggests that he is looking at an actual sunlit land- scape , and by the double verb , ' I look , and sigh ' , which suggests the longing of the soul even as it gazes on such beauty . The beauty of the bright and gladsome hills is ...
... suggests that he is looking at an actual sunlit land- scape , and by the double verb , ' I look , and sigh ' , which suggests the longing of the soul even as it gazes on such beauty . The beauty of the bright and gladsome hills is ...
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... suggests a beneficent Creator and a wonderful creation , in which he is a ' blest servant ' , as the ' divine ode ' in Spectator , 489 suggests : 4 See Marjorie Hope Nicholson , Newton Demands the Muse ( Princeton , 1946 ) , 105 . 5 ...
... suggests a beneficent Creator and a wonderful creation , in which he is a ' blest servant ' , as the ' divine ode ' in Spectator , 489 suggests : 4 See Marjorie Hope Nicholson , Newton Demands the Muse ( Princeton , 1946 ) , 105 . 5 ...
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... suggests that poetry is good for the soul , healing , or cathartic ( to use Aristotle's word ) . There was , in Keble's theory , ' a hidden tie of kinship ' between Poetry and Theology , and ' Religion freely and gladly avails itself of ...
... suggests that poetry is good for the soul , healing , or cathartic ( to use Aristotle's word ) . There was , in Keble's theory , ' a hidden tie of kinship ' between Poetry and Theology , and ' Religion freely and gladly avails itself 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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