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Music at Midnight

The Life and Poetry of George Herbert

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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For the first time, John Drury convincingly integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language.'Love bade me welcome . . .''Teach me my God and King . . .'George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love.He was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered, his family aristocratic and his upbringing privileged. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of the church at Leighton Bromswold in Buckinghamshire and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury, whose cathedral music he called 'my heaven on earth'. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar, leader of the quasi-monastic community at Little Gidding, published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established.Because he published no English poems during his lifetime, and dating most of them exactly is impossible, writing Herbert's biography is an unusual challenge. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. (T.S. Eliot: 'What we can confidently believe is that every poem in the book [The Temple] is in tune to the poet's experience.') His Herbert is not the saintly figure who has come down to us from John Aubrey, but a man torn for much of his life between worldly ambition and the spiritual life shown to us so clearly through his writings. The result is the most satisfying biography of this exceptional English poet yet written.JOHN DRURY is Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He began as a biblical scholar, and while Dean of King's College, Cambridge, worked with Frank Kermode on the Gospels for The Literary Guide to the Bible, which sharpened his sense of the role of imagination in the formation of the Gospel stories. He took this interest further, and into the realm of Christian paintings and their meaning, in Painting the Word, written while he was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Music at Midnight is the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert, whose Complete Poetry he is now editing for Penguin Classics.

Complete Poetry

AvGeorge Herbert,John Drury

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul.George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume, edited by John Drury, collects Herbert's complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as 'The Altar', Easter-Wings' and 'Love'. It also includes the verse Herbert wrote in Latin, newly translated into English by Victoria Moul.George Herbert was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of a church and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established.John Drury is Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His books include The Burning Bush (1990), Painting the Word (1999), and, most recently, Music at Midnight, the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert.Victoria Moul is Lecturer in Latin Literature and Language at Kings College London. She is author of Jonson, Horace and the Classical Tradition (2010) and editor of Neo-Latin Literature (2014).

Music at Midnight

The Life and Poetry of George Herbert

AvJohn Drury

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

105 kr

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George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love.He was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered, his family aristocratic and his upbringing privileged. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of the church at Leighton Bromswold in Buckinghamshire and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury, whose cathedral music he called 'my heaven on earth'. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar, leader of the quasi-monastic community at Little Gidding, published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established.Because he published no English poems during his lifetime, and dating most of them exactly is impossible, writing Herbert's biography is an unusual challenge. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. (T.S. Eliot: 'What we can confidently believe is that every poem in the book [The Temple] is in tune to the poet's experience.') His Herbert is not the saintly figure who has come down to us from John Aubrey, but a man torn for much of his life between worldly ambition and the spiritual life shown to us so clearly through his writings. The result is the most satisfying biography of this exceptional English poet yet written.

Crowds in the 21st Century

Perspectives from contemporary social science

AvJohn Drury,Clifford Stott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

2 366 kr

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Crowds in the 21st Century presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across a range of social sciences, including psychology, sociology, law, and communication studies. Whether describing the language of the crowd in protest events, measuring the ability of the crowd to empower its participants, or analysing the role of professional organizations involved in crowd safety and public order, the contributions in this volume are united in their commitment to a social scientific level of analysis.The crowd is often depicted as a source of irrationality and danger – in the form of riots and mass emergencies. By placing crowd events back in their social context – their ongoing historical and proximal relationships with other groups and social structures – this volume restores meaning to the analysis of crowd behaviour. Together, the studies described in this collection demonstrate the potential of crowd research to enhance the positive experience of crowd participants and to improve design, planning, and management around crowd events. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Critics of the Bible, 1724-1873

AvJohn Drury

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

501 kr

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English critics were brilliant initiators and exploiters of biblical criticism. This momentous exercise, whereby the 'Holy Scriptures' became the object of human critique independent of church control, is illustrated by John Drury in the present volume with excerpts from such famous critics as Coleridge, Blake and Matthew Arnold, and lesser names such as Collins and Deist and Bishop Sherlock. Robert Lowth's famous lectures on the Psalms, which had an important influence on Blake and Christopher Smart, are well represented here, as is the famous contribution to Essays and Reviews by Benjamin Jowett. This book provides the only available collection of biblical criticism from this important period of critical enquiry, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The extracts are accompanied by a full editorial introduction, notes and a bibliography. They should be read by all students of literature and theology interested in the period.

Complete Poetry

AvGeorge Herbert,John Drury

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

122 kr

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A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul.George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume, edited by John Drury, collects Herbert's complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as 'The Altar', Easter-Wings' and 'Love'. It also includes the verse Herbert wrote in Latin, newly translated into English by Victoria Moul.George Herbert was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of a church and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established.John Drury is Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His books include The Burning Bush (1990), Painting the Word (1999), and, most recently, Music at Midnight, the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert.Victoria Moul is Lecturer in Latin Literature and Language at Kings College London. She is author Jonson, Horace and the Classical Tradition (2010) and editor of Neo-Latin Literature (2014).

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks

AvRichard Williams,Verity Kempm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

696 kr

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that all emergencies, major incidents and disease outbreaks can have substantial mental health consequences, and it has demonstrated the proven need for additional care for populations in the wake of disasters. This book brings together practice and recent developments in pre-hospital emergency care, emergency medicine and major trauma care with the wellbeing, psychosocial and mental health aspects of preparing for and responding to emergencies, incidents, terrorism, disasters, epidemics, and pandemics. Practical suggestions are included for future planning to provide better care for people caught up in emergencies. Setting it apart from other books on emergency preparedness is its specific focus on the psychosocial demands imposed on staff of healthcare and responding services. Featuring expert contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, this book appeals to people working within mental healthcare, emergency care, pre-hospital medicine, Blue Light services, public health, humanitarian care, emergency planning, and disaster management.

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks

AvJohn Drury,Tim Healingm. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2024

757 kr

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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks

AvJohn Drury,Tim Healingm. fl.

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2024

757 kr

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Crowds in the 21st Century

Perspectives from contemporary social science

AvJohn Drury,Clifford Stott

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

676 kr

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Crowds in the 21st Century presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across a range of social sciences, including psychology, sociology, law, and communication studies. Whether describing the language of the crowd in protest events, measuring the ability of the crowd to empower its participants, or analysing the role of professional organizations involved in crowd safety and public order, the contributions in this volume are united in their commitment to a social scientific level of analysis.The crowd is often depicted as a source of irrationality and danger – in the form of riots and mass emergencies. By placing crowd events back in their social context – their ongoing historical and proximal relationships with other groups and social structures – this volume restores meaning to the analysis of crowd behaviour. Together, the studies described in this collection demonstrate the potential of crowd research to enhance the positive experience of crowd participants and to improve design, planning, and management around crowd events. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Crowds in the 21st Century

Perspectives from contemporary social science

AvClifford Stott,John Drury

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

801 kr

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Crowds in the 21st Century presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across a range of social sciences, including psychology, sociology, law, and communication studies. Whether describing the language of the crowd in protest events, measuring the ability of the crowd to empower its participants, or analysing the role of professional organizations involved in crowd safety and public order, the contributions in this volume are united in their commitment to a social scientific level of analysis.

The crowd is often depicted as a source of irrationality and danger – in the form of riots and mass emergencies. By placing crowd events back in their social context – their ongoing historical and proximal relationships with other groups and social structures – this volume restores meaning to the analysis of crowd behaviour. Together, the studies described in this collection demonstrate the potential of crowd research to enhance the positive experience of crowd participants and to improve design, planning, and management around crowd events.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Crowds in the 21st Century

Perspectives from contemporary social science

AvClifford Stott,John Drury

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2015

801 kr

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Crowds in the 21st Century presents the latest theory and research on crowd events and crowd behaviour from across a range of social sciences, including psychology, sociology, law, and communication studies. Whether describing the language of the crowd in protest events, measuring the ability of the crowd to empower its participants, or analysing the role of professional organizations involved in crowd safety and public order, the contributions in this volume are united in their commitment to a social scientific level of analysis.

The crowd is often depicted as a source of irrationality and danger – in the form of riots and mass emergencies. By placing crowd events back in their social context – their ongoing historical and proximal relationships with other groups and social structures – this volume restores meaning to the analysis of crowd behaviour. Together, the studies described in this collection demonstrate the potential of crowd research to enhance the positive experience of crowd participants and to improve design, planning, and management around crowd events.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Midwest Heritage

AvJohn Drury

Häftad, Engelska

477 kr

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Psychologie des foules

Nouvelle édition commentée (2020)

AvJohn Drury,Gustave Le Bon

E-bok

Franska, 2020

196 kr

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La psychologie des foules est un ouvrage incontournable en sciences humaines écrit par Gustave Le Bon et paru en 1895. L’approche en est simple : aborder les rassemblements d’individus par une approche scientifique pour en préciser les caractéristiques, les fonctionnements et, par conséquent, la manière de les contrôler. Fortement inscrit politiquement et idéologiquement, les travaux de Lebon auraient servi d’outil pratique à la manipulation des foules. Les rééditions ont été nombreuses, mais il serait risqué de lire cet ouvrage au premier degré sans disposer des clés nécessaires à sa compréhension. Pour permettre cela, le présent ouvrage a reçu un soin tout particulier pour permettre au lecteur de faire la jonction entre 1895 et nos jours. La collection « Les Classiques des Sciences Humaines » propose une revisite des textes originaux afin de rendre accessibles leurs contenus tout en offrant un angle de lecture éclairé par les connaissances et théories actuelles. Comme chaque ouvrage de la collection, ce livre est ainsi annoté de commentaires scientifiques permettant de comprendre comment les connaissances ont été façonnées et ont évoluées. Un chapitre complémentaire permet lui aussi de saisir la complexité de l’ouvrage et ses ramifications actuelles. Il nous démontre ainsi comment ces écrits anciens ont façonnés les écrits modernes.

Psychologie des foules

Nouvelle édition commentée (2020)

AvJohn Drury,Gustave Le Bon

E-bok

PDF, Franska, 2020

196 kr

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La psychologie des foules est un ouvrage incontournable en sciences humaines écrit par Gustave Le Bon et paru en 1895. L’approche en est simple : aborder les rassemblements d’individus par une approche scientifique pour en préciser les caractéristiques, les fonctionnements et, par conséquent, la manière de les contrôler. Fortement inscrit politiquement et idéologiquement, les travaux de Lebon auraient servi d’outil pratique à la manipulation des foules. Les rééditions ont été nombreuses, mais il serait risqué de lire cet ouvrage au premier degré sans disposer des clés nécessaires à sa compréhension. Pour permettre cela, le présent ouvrage a reçu un soin tout particulier pour permettre au lecteur de faire la jonction entre 1895 et nos jours. La collection « Les Classiques des Sciences Humaines » propose une revisite des textes originaux afin de rendre accessibles leurs contenus tout en offrant un angle de lecture éclairé par les connaissances et théories actuelles. Comme chaque ouvrage de la collection, ce livre est ainsi annoté de commentaires scientifiques permettant de comprendre comment les connaissances ont été façonnées et ont évoluées. Un chapitre complémentaire permet lui aussi de saisir la complexité de l’ouvrage et ses ramifications actuelles. Il nous démontre ainsi comment ces écrits anciens ont façonnés les écrits modernes.

Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings

AvJohn Drury

Häftad, Engelska

271 kr

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Music at Midnight

Complete Poetry

Music at Midnight

Crowds in the 21st Century

Critics of the Bible, 1724-1873

Complete Poetry

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Crowds in the 21st Century

Crowds in the 21st Century

Crowds in the 21st Century

Midwest Heritage

Psychologie des foules

Psychologie des foules

Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings

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