A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930Oxford University Press, 1978 - 152 Seiten In this provocative volume well-known poet and literary critic Donald Davie examines the dissenting voice in English literature, religion, and politics. Examining the works of writers such as Milton, Charles Blake, and George Eliot; pulpit-orators such as Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Faraday; and political activists such as Joseph Priestley, he considers such questions as: How did their voice develop after their death? And were these dissenters the religious bigots, political time-servers, and artistic philistines they are portrayed as? |
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The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. The Nonconformist Contribution to English Culture IF ANYONE THINKS that the title of this series of lectures seems demure , the presumptuous title of this first ...
The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. The Nonconformist Contribution to English Culture IF ANYONE THINKS that the title of this series of lectures seems demure , the presumptuous title of this first ...
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The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. special pleading . I suggest in all earnestness that the common cause which the English ... English prophetess Anne Lee , the Shaker 27 Old Dissent , 1700-1740.
The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. special pleading . I suggest in all earnestness that the common cause which the English ... English prophetess Anne Lee , the Shaker 27 Old Dissent , 1700-1740.
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The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. writing an English that is tumid and glittering ; in particular Robert Hall , however estimable on other counts , is nowadays unreadable , though in his own day ...
The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 Donald Davie. writing an English that is tumid and glittering ; in particular Robert Hall , however estimable on other counts , is nowadays unreadable , though in his own day ...
Inhalt
Lecture | 1 |
Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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