Wrestling with God: Literature & Theology in the English Renaissance : Essays to Honour Paul Grant Stanwood |
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A unique voice compels our attention , thrilling us even before we understand precisely what it is saying , shattering the decorous bounds of devotion with its force of expression . The immense aesthetic pleasure afforded by these poems ...
A unique voice compels our attention , thrilling us even before we understand precisely what it is saying , shattering the decorous bounds of devotion with its force of expression . The immense aesthetic pleasure afforded by these poems ...
Page 156
At any rate , the qualities of verse written to a known and knowing audience helped to create something like a dramatic voice , since knowledgeable readers could be counted on to recognize ironies , exaggerations , and other signs of ...
At any rate , the qualities of verse written to a known and knowing audience helped to create something like a dramatic voice , since knowledgeable readers could be counted on to recognize ironies , exaggerations , and other signs of ...
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Though I be dead , I shall hear the voice ; the sounding of the voice and the working of the voice shall be all one ... " ( II . Expostulation ) . The actual sounds of the last day cannot be separated from the events themselves .
Though I be dead , I shall hear the voice ; the sounding of the voice and the working of the voice shall be all one ... " ( II . Expostulation ) . The actual sounds of the last day cannot be separated from the events themselves .
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