Literary Historicity explores how eighteenth-century British writers considered the past as an aspect of experience. Mack moves between close examinations of literature, historiography, and recent philosophical writing on history, offering a new view of eighteenth-century philosophies of history in Britain. Such philosophies, she argues, could be important literarily without being focused, as has been assumed, on questions of fact and fiction. Eighteenth-century writerslike many twentieth-century philosophersoften used literary form not in order to exhibit a work's fictional status but in order to consider what the relation between the past and present might be. Literary Historicity portrays a British Enlightenment that both embraces the possibility of historical experience and interrogates the terms for such experience, one deeply engaged with historical consciousness not as an inevitability of the modern world, but as something to be understood within it.
This book presents, for the first time, a history of English liturgical chant as performed in the Church of England and its transmission to churches in Scotland and the United States. In the mid-sixteenth century Reformation, the complex ritual of the Latin rite was replaced by a one-volumeBook of Common Prayer in English. The general nature of the new rubrics, expecially for music, left many of the details of performance to be worked out in traditional ways. Thus the music evolved from its Latin roots in oral, and later written practice. The body of music that makes up the chantingpractice of Anglican and related churches around the world is indeed diversified. Some texts of the liturgy are harmonized in four or more voice parts, often with organ accompaniment, and others are sung in plainsong. The largest group of chants, those for the psalms and canticles, has anidiosyncratic written form and a performance practice that continues to evolve in oral tradition. This music is commonly known as Anglican chant. Its origins in the seventeenth century and its codification in the eighteenth are explored in the choral establishments of the Church of England andparish churches in England, Scotland, and the United States.
What's "The Scoop on Ruth"? When you open the book you will enter my world and discover what I have been about. It is a tell all, an honest revelation. That world begins with "All in the Family' and the people and events where growing up happens. In "Sense and Nun-sense" you will be privy to some events even to this day hidden from Sister Superior- like "The Chocolate Cover-Up". Then "Along the Way" there are defining moments and people that ultimately influence us to become who we are.Yes, even when a good Catholic girl flunks Communion. The final section "The 'P' Source" began in the novitiate when no talent me was encouraged to write "gospels". My creative pen found other modes of expression, into writing prayers, greetings, or capturing events. And, there is room for your story to come alive here. It's because I was a copy cat. I borrowed Jesus' style. So, if the parable fits....
What's "The Scoop on Ruth"? When you open the book you will enter my world and discover what I have been about. It is a tell all, an honest revelation. That world begins with "All in the Family' and the people and events where growing up happens. In "Sense and Nun-sense" you will be privy to some events even to this day hidden from Sister Superior- like "The Chocolate Cover-Up". Then "Along the Way" there are defining moments and people that ultimately influence us to become who we are.Yes, even when a good Catholic girl flunks Communion. The final section "The 'P' Source" began in the novitiate when no talent me was encouraged to write "gospels". My creative pen found other modes of expression, into writing prayers, greetings, or capturing events. And, there is room for your story to come alive here. It's because I was a copy cat. I borrowed Jesus' style. So, if the parable fits....
Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. SECRET CHRISTMAS TWINS Christmas Twins by Lee Tobin McClain Erica Lindholm never expected her Christmas gift would be becoming guardian to twin babies! But fulfilling her promise to keep their parentage a secret becomes increasingly difficult when her holiday plans mean spending time with—and falling for—their uncle, Jason Stephanidis, on the family farm. CHRISTMAS ON THE RANCH by Arlene James and Lois Richer Spend Christmas with two handsome ranchers in these two brand-new holiday novellas, where a stranger’s joyful spirit provides healing for one bachelor, and a single mom with a scarred past is charmed by her little girl’s wish for a cowboy daddy. THE LAWMAN’S YULETIDE BABY Grace Haven by Ruth Logan Herne Having a baby dropped on his doorstep changes everything for state trooper Gabe Cutter. After asking widowed single mom next door Corinne Gallagher for help, he’s suddenly surrounded by the lights, music and holiday festivities he’s avoided for years. This Christmas, can they put their troubled pasts behind and create a family together?
Her Holiday Hero Widow Corinne Gallagher’s plans for a peaceful Christmas with her kids go astray when longtime crush Gabe Cutler moves in next door. As if having the hunky state trooper in snowball-throwing distance isn’t distracting enough, Gabe suddenly has custody of an orphaned infant—and is in need of Corinne’s help! She agrees, but her heart draws a line—she can’t fall for another lawman. After a devastating loss, Gabe has avoided fatherhood and love. Yet filled with Corinne and the children, his new house is starting to feel like home. Will Gabe run again, or finally fulfill his secret Christmas wish for a family?
Shipbuilding and shipping have always been key elements in the life of Essex. Since the seventeenth century, the men and women of lower Connecticut River Valley sustained maritime traditions that spanned the globe in splendid wooden sailing vessels. Noted historians ... detail one village's important role in American maritime history."--Back cover
Bristol Baptist College is the oldest continuing Baptist College in the world, and has a rich story of faith, service, challenge, and people. As the College moves into its fourth century, this book explores the story of the first three centuries.
Heruntergestiegene Engel sind wir alle Doch wer aus spitituellem Blickwinkel zur Erde schaut, sieht zahllose Wesen, die sich weit von ihrem Potenzial entfernt haben, also gestrandet sind.
Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. COURTING HER PRODIGAL HEART Prodigal Daughters by Mary Davis Pregnant and abandoned by her Englisher boyfriend, Dori Bontrager returns home—but she’s determined it’ll be temporary. Can Eli Hochstetler convince her that staying by his side in their Amish community is just what she and her baby need? A COWBOY IN SHEPHERD’S CROSSING Shepherd’s Crossing by Ruth Logan Herne When Jace Middleton learns he has family he never knew existed, he must give his two nieces a home. But his house needs renovations to make it baby friendly, and home designer Melonie Fitzgerald is just the woman to restore it—and his heart. BENEATH MONTANA SKIES Mustang Ridge by Mia Ross Tyler Wilkens knows going home to recover from his rodeo injuries means seeing ex-girlfriend Morgan Whittaker again, but he doesn’t count on learning he’s a father to two six-year-old girls. Can he win back Morgan’s trust and earn the title of daddy…and possibly husband?
In 1939, the authors family left Wisconsin for her parents homeland, Germany, arriving two weeks before the beginning of World War II. The ensuing events in her life are interwoven with memories of America, and Erikas book. Through a young girls eyes, we experience the terror of bombings, witness prejudice and persecution of Jews, feel fear and sorrow of losing loved ones and possessions, the separation of families, but also the healing serenety of country life. The story is unique in her personal experiences, and familiar to millions who have lived through a war.
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