English Metrical Psalms: poetry, politics and pop music - Dr Amy Morris

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Created: 2011-06-10 10:39
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Description: These lectures explore the rich tradition of English metrical psalmody in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The first lecture contextualises psalm versions by Wyatt and others into the literary, political and theological context of Renaissance England and focuses in particular on the Psalms' complex relationship with monarchy. The second lecture traces the Reformation quest to replace profane songs with holy and educational psalms, and continues to explore the controversies over the church psalter in the seventeenth century. The third lecture investigates the enriching connection between metrical psalm translation and English Renaissance literature.
 

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"The highest matter in the noblest form": Psalms and poetry

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The third lecture investigates the enriching connection between metrical psalm translation and English Renaissance literature.

Collection: English Metrical Psalms: poetry, politics and pop music - Dr Amy Morris

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

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Singable psalms for the English church

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The second lecture traces the Reformation quest to replace profane songs with holy and educational psalms, and continues to explore the controversies over the church psalter in...

Collection: English Metrical Psalms: poetry, politics and pop music - Dr Amy Morris

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Fri 10 Jun 2011


Versified psalms in Renaissance England - Thomas Wyatt and others.

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These lectures explore the rich tradition of English metrical psalmody in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The first lecture contextualises psalm versions by Wyatt and...

Collection: English Metrical Psalms: poetry, politics and pop music - Dr Amy Morris

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Fri 10 Jun 2011