| Four Birds of Noah's Ark: A Prayer Book from the Time of Shakespeare Contributor(s): Dekker, Thomas (Author), Hudson, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802874819 ISBN-13: 9780802874818 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $17.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Prayer - History | Europe - Great Britain - Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 242.8 |
| LCCN: 2017020667 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 174 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A timeless, little-known literary classic to engage a new generation of readers As the Black Death ravaged London in 1608, in the midst of societal chaos and tragedy, playwright Thomas Dekker wrote Four Birds of Noah's Ark, a book containing fifty-six prayers for the people of London and all of England. The prayers in this book bear witness to Dekker's deep faith with a power and poignancy that few written prayers in English literature achieve. Bringing Dekker's devotional classic back into print for the first time since 1924, editor Robert Hudson has annotated the prayers and modernized their language without sacrificing their enchanting beauty and simplicity. Hudson's substantive and illuminating introduction is a gem in itself. |