English Metrical Psalms: Poetry as Praise and Prayer, 1535–1601 - Couverture rigide

Zim, Rivkah

 
9780521333023: English Metrical Psalms: Poetry as Praise and Prayer, 1535–1601
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ISBN 10 : 0521333024 ISBN 13 : 9780521333023
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

During the sixteenth century the Book of Psalms was considered to be a uniquely authoritative and universally applicable collection of religious poems. Whereas the Bible in general taught what God said to man, the Psalms, it was felt, taught man how to speak to God. From the 1530s people of many different religious and intellectual persuasions discovered that the poetry of the Psalms lent itself to memorable English translation, and a substantial and varied range of imitations of the Psalms began to appear. Dr Zim's 1987 book was the first full-scale study of this important genre to be published in the twentieth century. In challenging a number of critical orthodoxies and illuminating the expressive qualities of these poems, Dr Zim has produced a major contribution to our understanding of Tudor literary culture.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

During the sixteenth century the Book of Psalms was considered to be a uniquely authoritative and universally applicable collection of religious poems. Whereas the Bible in general taught what God said to man, the Psalms, it was felt, taught man how to speak to God. From the 1530s people of many different religious and intellectual persuasions discovered that the poetry of the Psalms lent itself to memorable English translation, and a substantial and varied range of imitations of the Psalms began to appear. Dr Zim's 1987 book was the first full-scale study of this important genre to be published in the twentieth century. In challenging a number of critical orthodoxies and illuminating the expressive qualities of these poems, Dr Zim has produced a major contribution to our understanding of Tudor literary culture.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521333024
ISBN 13 
9780521333023
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
345
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ISBN 10 :  0521172217 ISBN 13 :  9780521172219
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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