George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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... Grace ' is a poem resonating the Advent liturgy , not only in its language but also , and perhaps mainly , in its rhythms and prosodic structure . For one thing , the poem hauntingly echoes the minor - chord chants , the longings and ...
... Grace ' is a poem resonating the Advent liturgy , not only in its language but also , and perhaps mainly , in its rhythms and prosodic structure . For one thing , the poem hauntingly echoes the minor - chord chants , the longings and ...
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... grace appeared twice in the Williams MS version of ' Whitsunday ' , the poem which immediately precedes ' Grace ' , but the Williams version was heavily revised ; the word doesn't appear in the 1633 or Bodleian version . Though not an ...
... grace appeared twice in the Williams MS version of ' Whitsunday ' , the poem which immediately precedes ' Grace ' , but the Williams version was heavily revised ; the word doesn't appear in the 1633 or Bodleian version . Though not an ...
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... grace ' , ' grave ' of ' Grace ' , which reverberate with half- grasped ( perhaps an inevitable paronomasia ) meanings . Insistent as the repetitions are , they are also so unobtrusive that we might well overlook Hutchinson's note that ...
... grace ' , ' grave ' of ' Grace ' , which reverberate with half- grasped ( perhaps an inevitable paronomasia ) meanings . Insistent as the repetitions are , they are also so unobtrusive that we might well overlook Hutchinson's note that ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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