The English hymn : a critical and historical study /

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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 centu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, J. R. (John Richard), 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Hymns, English > History and criticism.
Hymnes anglais > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
Hymns, English.
Hymnen.
Engels.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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