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BL
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1039494
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b793864
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| Main Entry
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Watson, J. R., (John Richard),1934-
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| Title & Author
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The English hymn : : a critical and historical study /\ J.R. Watson.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;New York :: Oxford Univ. Press,, ©1997.
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1 online resource (x, 552 pages)
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| ISBN
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0191520489
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: 0191600784
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: 9780191520488
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: 9780191600784
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0198267622
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019827002X
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9780198267621
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-546) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- Contents -- 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.
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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 -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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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 century.
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| Subject
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Hymns, English-- History and criticism.
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Hymnes anglais-- Histoire et critique.
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Hymns, English.
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RELIGION-- Christian Rituals Practice-- Worship Liturgy.
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RELIGION-- Institutions Organizations.
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Engels.
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Hymnen.
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| Dewey Classification
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264/.23/0942
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| LC Classification
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BV312.W38 1997eb
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11.74bcl
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