Romantic prayer reinventing the poetics of devotion, 1773-1832 / Christopher Stokes.

Author/creator Stokes, Christopher, 1981-
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Descriptionvi, 245 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents The theology of prayer: reasonable devotion, rational dissent, and the evangelical revival -- 'The solitary saint walks forth to meditate at even-tide': evangelical prayer and interiority in William Cowper -- 'Till all my sense is lost in infinite': contemplation, affect, and rational dissenting prayer in Barbauld -- 'Hence the necessity of prayer': Coleridge and the reasoning of devotion, 1874-1832 -- 'This prayer I make': hesitant devotions in Wordsworth's poetry -- 'Unlike the God of human error': the end of prayer in Shelley and Byron.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other formElectronic version: Stokes, Christopher, 1981- Romantic prayer. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 9780191890420
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020939210
ISBN0198857802 hardback
ISBN9780198857808 hardback

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