George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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Page 49
... course , flourished throughout the sixteenth century , gaining impetus from the Protestant Reformation , especially Reformed hymnolo- gy . ' The central position of the Word for Luther and Calvin presented a powerful argument for poetry ...
... course , flourished throughout the sixteenth century , gaining impetus from the Protestant Reformation , especially Reformed hymnolo- gy . ' The central position of the Word for Luther and Calvin presented a powerful argument for poetry ...
Page 109
... course of life . The affinity of way and life is mysteriously revealed in the Latin paronomasia of via and vita . " In Herbert's poem ' Life ' , via is etymologically present in ' a - way ' , while the image of the journey is also ...
... course of life . The affinity of way and life is mysteriously revealed in the Latin paronomasia of via and vita . " In Herbert's poem ' Life ' , via is etymologically present in ' a - way ' , while the image of the journey is also ...
Page 112
... course have become an answer . As we may by now expect , synonyms go together with homonyms . The servant , in this devotional poem , is a minister of the Lord . As such , how could he be otherwise than ' little ' ( p . 12 ) and in need ...
... course have become an answer . As we may by now expect , synonyms go together with homonyms . The servant , in this devotional poem , is a minister of the Lord . As such , how could he be otherwise than ' little ' ( p . 12 ) and in need ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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