George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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Page 58
... readers , truly stands so far from the angry young man . Regarding ' A Parody ' , one must also express caution in assuming that we can know Herbert's motives . David Bennett's claim is useful here : ' Logically speaking , a parodic reading ...
... readers , truly stands so far from the angry young man . Regarding ' A Parody ' , one must also express caution in assuming that we can know Herbert's motives . David Bennett's claim is useful here : ' Logically speaking , a parodic reading ...
Page 134
... reading itself runs counter to the process of building an altar . The builder ' rears ' an altar from the ground upwards , whereas the reader works in the opposite direction , thereby reading last what should have come first - the ...
... reading itself runs counter to the process of building an altar . The builder ' rears ' an altar from the ground upwards , whereas the reader works in the opposite direction , thereby reading last what should have come first - the ...
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... reading , encouragement to the praying sinner ( or the reading sinners ) for though the hardness of the heart is a challenge to God , the lines are the reminder that God has — in this poetic sequence as well as in Biblical history ...
... reading , encouragement to the praying sinner ( or the reading sinners ) for though the hardness of the heart is a challenge to God , the lines are the reminder that God has — in this poetic sequence as well as in Biblical history ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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