Prophet and Poet: The Bible and the Growth of Romanticism, Volume 10The debt of English romanticism to this new interest in biblical poetry, while it has been acknowledged, has never been closely studied, and it is the purpose of this book to examine in some detail the nature and extent of that debt, both in the narrower sphere of metrical forms and in those broader concepts of poetry peculiar to the romantic movement. Such an investigation inevitably involves even wider issues, and this book is really a study of Hebraism and Classicism against an 18th century background. |
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admiration ancient appear attempt Augustan Authorized become Bible biblical Blake Christian classical concern contemporary contrast critics diction divine earth effect eighteenth century emotional English example expressed eyes fact feeling felt hand heart heaven Hebrew Hebrew poetry hills holy human hymns imagery inspired interest language largely later Latin literal literary literature London Lord Lowth's meaning merely metaphor metre moral mountains nature neo-classical never Old Testament once oriental original parallelism paraphrases passage passion phrases poem poet poetic poetry Pope praise preface prophetic prose Psalms reader Reason religious rhythms romantic rules scene Scriptures seen sense served simplicity Song soul spirit style sublime suggested techniques thee theme theory thou thought tion tradition translation turn universal verse vivid writing