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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... poetry Blake so consummately crowns and transcends all his predecessors , that only by a very strenuous exertion of ... Poetry ( 1933 ) , quoting four lines of Watts and declaring : " That simple verse , bad rhyme and all , is poetry ...
... poetry Blake so consummately crowns and transcends all his predecessors , that only by a very strenuous exertion of ... Poetry ( 1933 ) , quoting four lines of Watts and declaring : " That simple verse , bad rhyme and all , is poetry ...
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... poet was even more determined : Charles jeered and mocked when John began ordaining his own preachers . For the ... poetry generally . This is Martha Winburn England , in a volume on which ten years ago she collaborated with John ...
... poet was even more determined : Charles jeered and mocked when John began ordaining his own preachers . For the ... poetry generally . This is Martha Winburn England , in a volume on which ten years ago she collaborated with John ...
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... poetry upon the imagination does not imply any aversion to poetry , or prejudice against it – quite the contrary . What is notable is his naming as another agency influential on the imagination ' the united voice of the multitude ' , so ...
... poetry upon the imagination does not imply any aversion to poetry , or prejudice against it – quite the contrary . What is notable is his naming as another agency influential on the imagination ' the united voice of the multitude ' , so ...
Inhalt
Lecture | 1 |
Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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