Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
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The Works of Thomas Traherne: Commentaries of heaven, pt. 1. Abhorrence to alone
The Works of Thomas Traherne: Commentaries of heaven. Part 1, Abhorrence to alone
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
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Category : Devotional literature
Languages : en
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The Works of Thomas Traherne: pt.1. Commentaries of heaven ; Abhorrence to alone
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devotional literature
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Works of Thomas Traherne: Commentaries of heaven. Part I, Abhorrence to Alone
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devotional literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Works of Thomas Traherne
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Works of Thomas Traherne
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN: 9781846156045
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Thomas Traherne (1637? - 1674), a clergyman of the Church of England during the Restoration, was little known until the early twentieth century, when his poetry and Centuries of Meditations were discovered. There have been since miscellaneous publications of his poetry and devotional writings. The Works of Thomas Traherne brings together all of Traherne's extant works in a definitive, printed edition for the first time. It will include both his published and unpublished works, and his notebooks, presenting them insofar as possible by manuscript, giving due attention to their physical aspects and to their integrity as manuscript books. Volumes II and III make available the Commentaries of Heaven, preserved in one manuscript held at the British Library. Organised topically, it was intended to cover the whole of the alphabet but extends only through `A' and part of `B', with 95 prose articles altogether. It possesses the characteristics of a commonplace book, encyclopaedia and dictionary, and contains poetry, meditations, philosophical discourse, and polemic. The unusual range of subjects treated, from `Abhorrence' to `Ant', `Aristotle' to `Atom', shows Traherne to be an imaginative and compelling writer in his approach to Christian theology, while maintaining both his integrity and orthodoxy as a priest.
Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology
Author: Elizabeth S. DoddPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317172930
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 255
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The seventeenth-century poet and divine Thomas Traherne finds innocence in every stage of existence. He finds it in the chaos at the origins of creation as well as in the blessed order of Eden. He finds it in the activities of grace and the hope of glory, but also in the trials of misery and even in the abyss of the Fall. Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne’s Poetic Theology traces innocence through Traherne’s works as it transgresses the boundaries of the estates of the soul. Using grammatical and literary categories it explores various aspects of his poetic theology of innocence, uncovering the boundless desire which is embodied in the yearning cry: ’Were all Men Wise and Innocent...’ Recovering and reinterpreting a key but increasingly neglected theme in Traherne’s poetic theology, this book addresses fundamental misconceptions of the meaning of innocence in his work. Through a contextual and theological approach, it indicates the unexplored richness, complexity and diversity of this theme in the history of literature and theology.
The Poet and the Fly
Author: Robert HudsonPublisher: Broadleaf Books
ISBN: 1506457290
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they've been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather than ignore these incredibly mundane and seemingly insignificant creatures, poets spanning centuries--from the seventeenth to the twentieth--and continents--from North America to Asia--have found that these ordinary bugs in fact illuminate deep spiritual mysteries. In this revelatory book, Robert Hudson considers seven poets, each of whom wrote a provocative poem about a fly. These poets--all mystics in their own way--ponder the simple fly and come to astounding conclusions. Considering Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and several other poets, The Poet and the Fly brings together the poetry, the flies, and the poets' own lives to explore the imaginative, and often prophetic, insights that come from the startling combination of poetry and flies. Ultimately, the message each poet offers to us through the fly is as relevant today as it was in their own time: the miracle of existence, the gift of mortality, the power of the imagination, the need for compassion, the existence of the soul, the mystery of everything around us, and the sacramental, grace-giving power of story.
Commentaries of Heaven
Author: Thomas TrahernePublisher:
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Category : Devotional literature
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Thomas Traherne (1637? - 1674), a clergyman of the Church of England during the Restoration, was little known until the early twentieth century, when his poetry and Centuries of Meditations were discovered. There have been since miscellaneous publications of his poetry and devotional writings. The Works of Thomas Traherne brings together all of Traherne's extant works in a definitive, printed edition for the first time. It will include both his published and unpublished works, presenting them insofar as possible by manuscript, giving due attention to their physical aspects and to their integrity as manuscript books. Volumes II and III make available the Commentaries of Heaven, preserved in one manuscript held at the British Library. Organised topically, it was intended to cover the whole of the alphabet but extends only through 'A' and part of 'B', with 95 prose articles altogether. It possesses the characteristics of a commonplace book, encyclopaedia and dictionary, and contains poetry, meditations, philosophical discourse, and polemic. The unusual range of subjects treated, from 'Abhorrence' to 'Ant', 'Aristotle' to 'Atom', shows Traherne to be an imaginative and compelling writer in his approach to Christian theology, while maintaining both his integrity and orthodoxy as a priest.
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