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English Congregational Hymns in the Eighteenth Century /
Historians of the English congregational hymn, focusing on its literary or theological aspects, have usually found the genre out of step with the rationalist era that produced it. This book takes a more balanced approach to the work of four writers and concludes that only eighteenth-century Britain,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
1982.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Historians of the English congregational hymn, focusing on its literary or theological aspects, have usually found the genre out of step with the rationalist era that produced it. This book takes a more balanced approach to the work of four writers and concludes that only eighteenth-century Britain, with its understanding of public verse, common truth, and the utility of poetry, could have invented the English hymn as we know it. The early hymns sought to inspire, teach, stir, and entertain congregations. The essential purpose shifted slightly in line with each poet's setting and in accord with. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780813161754 |