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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... looks back ( ' Lord , thou hast been our dwelling place in all genera- tions ' ) , our English poet looks back with him , but then immedi- ately looks forward ; thus , ' O God , our help in ages past ' , but then , immediately , ' Our ...
... looks back ( ' Lord , thou hast been our dwelling place in all genera- tions ' ) , our English poet looks back with him , but then immedi- ately looks forward ; thus , ' O God , our help in ages past ' , but then , immediately , ' Our ...
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... looks as if it isn't right - but certainly it is something that crops up in Church at least as often as in Chapel . While we are about it , we may as well look at some things that have been said about Watts up to our own day . Here is ...
... looks as if it isn't right - but certainly it is something that crops up in Church at least as often as in Chapel . While we are about it , we may as well look at some things that have been said about Watts up to our own day . Here is ...
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... look with sympathy on Fénelon's en- thusiasm for the mystical quietism of Mme Guyon ; and we may suppose him to have that side of Fénelon in mind when he goes on to say that ' sometimes in large paragraphs , or in whole chapters ...
... look with sympathy on Fénelon's en- thusiasm for the mystical quietism of Mme Guyon ; and we may suppose him to have that side of Fénelon in mind when he goes on to say that ' sometimes in large paragraphs , or in whole chapters ...
Inhalt
Lecture | 1 |
Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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