English Congregational Hymns in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813156170)

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 co

Author: Madeleine Forrell Marshall, Janet M. Todd
ISBN-10: 0813156173
ISBN-13: 9780813156170
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d