TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,J.R.
TI  - The English hymn: a critical and historical study 
SN  - 9780191520488
AV  - BV312 .W38 1997eb
U1  - 264/.23/0942 22
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Clarendon Press, Oxford Univ. Press
KW  - Hymns, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Hymnes anglais
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Rituals & Practice
KW  - Worship & Liturgy
KW  - fast
KW  - Hymnen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Engels
KW  - Englisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - Geistliches Lied
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Kirchenlied
KW  - Lyrik
KW  - Hymne
KW  - englische
KW  - idsbb
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Poésie anglaise
KW  - rero
KW  - 1453-20e siècle
KW  - Hymnes
KW  - Réforme protestante
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Hymns
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-546) and index; 1. Discussing Hymns: The State of the Art -- 2. The Singing of Hymns, and the Experience of Metre -- 3. Laud unto the Lord: The Whole Booke of Psalmes -- 4. Keeping Company with David's Psalms: George Wither and Others -- 5. The Seventeenth-Century Anglican Tradition -- 6. The Journey to Zion: Puritan Psalms and Hymns -- 7. Isaac Watts -- 8. After Watts -- 9. John and Charles Wesley -- 10. Charles Wesley and His Art -- 11. After the Wesleys -- 12. The Romantic Period: Montgomery, Heber, Keble -- 13. The Victorian Hymn -- 14. The Oxford Movement, and the Revival of Ancient Hymnody -- 15. Hymns Ancient and Modern -- 16. Victorian Women Hymn-Writers -- 17. American Hymnody -- 18. Different Traditions -- 19. Into the Twentieth Century; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Why do people sing hymns? Are hymns poetry? What makes a good hymn? The author discusses the nature of hymns and their particular appeal, examines the English hymn as a literary form, and systematically describes its development through four centuries, from the Reformation to the mid-twentieth century
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