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The result is an edition whose thoroughness and tact are themselves a  moving tribute, restoring to view one of the most distinctive bodies of  work in twentieth-century English poetry.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292179050869,"sku":"9780571295340","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571295340_46996bfe-9100-42dc-8695-212270e71996.jpg?v=1786014566"},{"product_id":"9781845505141","title":"The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy","description":"This revealing read will give you an opportunity to learn from history. How do strong confessional churches that seem to be doing all the right things drift inexorably from the truth?. What is clear from Ian Hamilton's fascinating study is that it doesn't happen over night but it is a gradual erosion of theological and doctrinal standards.   Nineteenth century Scotland was seen as a Christian nation composed of church-going people. Among its churches, Presbyterianism was strongest, and within Presbyterianism there were several large denominations. The future looked bright and optimism marked many of the church leaders and congregations. Yet the sad fact is that most of them were blind to the presence of the warning signs that ultimately caused the decline and not the continued growth of the church in Scotland. To understand how this happened Ian Hamilton looks at the changes that took place within one of these large Presbyterian denominations - the United Presbyterian Church - and analyses the roots, developments and consequences of these changes, particularly the departure from the doctrines summarised in the Westminster Confession of Faith. It is a salutary lesson to observe that the movements for church unions and increased evangelism of the nineteenth century were not signs of spiritual health; instead they were inadequate sticking plasters that hid dangerous spiritual disease.  This book also includes discussion on the nature of subscription to the Confession at time of 1733 secession, the atonement controversy 1841-45, the Union controversy 1863-1873 and 1879 United Presbyterian Church Declaratory Act.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308081164661,"sku":"9781845505141","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781845505141_051ba6a1-49d3-4349-bf91-9a7d6d4c3aad.jpg?v=1786029400"},{"product_id":"9781906148782","title":"Walking the Literary Landscape","description":"Literature and a love of the English countryside are natural companions.   Walking the Literary Landscape by Ian Hamilton and Diane Roberts brings the two together in a collection of 20 circular routes in the north of England, all between 3 and 9 miles (5 and 15 kilometres) in length. The walks explore the physical settings that inspired some of our greatest literature.   Walk in the footsteps of writers like Arthur Ransome, who drew inspiration from the Lake District for his classic children's adventure Swallows and Amazons, or the Bronte sisters whose love of the moors around Haworth echoes through the centuries. See Chatsworth, the Peak District house that thrilled Jane Austen, and tread carefully in Whitby, the Yorkshire seaside town where Bram Stoker set his most famous creation Dracula.   Each route introduces you to a landscape familiar to some of our greatest writers, and is accompanied by clear and easy-to-use Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, straightforward directions, and information on each area's literary links, refreshment stops and local amenities. Everything you need for a great literary walk.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308759953781,"sku":"9781906148782","price":12.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781906148782_3f0ef296-eb8e-4955-998b-a2e16bfefe39.jpg?v=1786029541"},{"product_id":"9781472127730","title":"Songs Among the Ruins","description":"This is the definitive, collected prose of Ian Hamilton (1938-2001): editor, poet, biographer and literary giant. Responsible for the creation of the influential poetry magazine, the Review, in the 1960s, Hamilton was also renowned for his biographical work on Robert Lowell and important literary studies which formed an integral part of the critical landscape throughout the latter half of the twentieth century.   In a career spanning more than four decades, Hamilton produced several hundred articles, reviews and essays, which have never been collated into one, definitive volume, until now.     Curated with the help of Hamilton's son, Matthew, Along the Razor's Edge is a testament to the writer's uniquely intelligent prose.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56368889364853,"sku":"9781472127730","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682794676597,"sku":"9781472127723","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472127730_bd888a82-2a2c-400f-b24b-086febb22a58.jpg?v=1792511676"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-ian-hamilton.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}