Author: David Spencer ReynoldsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Polishing God's Altar
Author: David Spencer ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Polishing God's Altar
Author: David S. ReynoldsPrayer and Power
Author: Michael C. SchoenfeldtPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226740027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Michael C. Schoenfeldt here offers the first major exploration of the connections between George Herbert's devotional poetry and the social practices and political discourse of his day. Viewing The Temple and The Country Parson as part of the larger "civilizing process" of Western Europe, Schoenfeldt shows how Herbert discovers in the discourses of courtesy and theology a common vocabulary of authority, selfhood, petition, and discipline. Before entering the priesthood, Herbert nourished contacts in court, was elected University Orator at Cambridge, and served in Parliament. In turning to God, Schoenfeldt argues, Herbert did not simply turn away from the secular world but also turned its language, particularly the language of courtesy, into the medium for his lyric worship of God. The confluence of courtesy and spirituality in Herbert's poetry provides a fascinating insight into a society searching for an appropriate discourse of reverence in a time of baffling change. The first five chapters investigate the manifold ways in which Herbert's life and works exemplify the interdependence of social and religious behavior in the English Renaissance. The sixth and final chapter extends this investigation into the nervous eroticism of Herbert's poems. Considering The Temple as well as Herbert's letters, speeches, Latin poems, collections of foreign proverbs, translations, The Country Parson, and less familiar lyrics, Schoenfeldt offers a thorough and detailed reading of Herbert's rich and conflicted corpus. Prayer and Power is not only a bold redefinition of the accomplishment of one of the finest poets of the English Renaissance but also the first sustained study to advance a cultural poetics of the religious lyric.
The Poetics of Translation
Author: Willis BarnstonePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063004
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In this volume, eminent poet, scholar and translator Willis Barnstone explores the history and theory of literary translations as an art form. Arguing that literary translation goes beyond the transfer of linguistic information, Barnstone emphasizes that the translation contains as much imaginative originality as the source text.
A Manual of Practical Contemplations, Tending to Promote Gospel Principles and a Good Conversation in Christ ...
Author: Thomas ShermanSpecimens of an Improved Metrical Translation of the Psalms of David
Author: John Dunmore LangPublisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Divine Breathings: Or a Manual of Practical Contemplations
Author: Thomas ShermanPublisher:
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Category : Devotional exercises
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Prose Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
Author: John Greenleaf WhittierPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier... Large Paper Ed.
Author: John Greenleaf WhittierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Margaret Smith's journal. Old portraits and modern sketches
Author: John Greenleaf WhittierPublisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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