| The Seventeenth-Century English Hymn: A Mode for Sacred and Secular Concerns Contributor(s): Thelma B Thompson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820406953 ISBN-13: 9780820406954 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Music |
| Dewey: 264.209 |
| LCCN: 89007995 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 234 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeenth-century England witnessed the birth of the modern era and the hymns of that age reflect the spirit of those tumultuous days of transition. Present in these hymns are expressions of civic and religious strife, radical political upheavals, echoes of paganism, fragments of scientific thought along with images of social conditions, expressions of personal devotion, and bountiful measures of Christian doctrine. The work demonstrates that hymns bear the marks of the culture from which they spring and recognizes the connection of these hymns to the wider body of 17th century literature. |
