| English Hymns of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology Contributor(s): Arnold, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820469424 ISBN-13: 9780820469423 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $111.29 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | Psychology Of Religion - Religion | Christian Education - Children & Youth |
| Dewey: 264.230 |
| LCCN: 2003019561 |
| Physical Information: 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: English Hymns of the Nineteenth Century brings together for the first time the most popular and widely used English hymns from that period, continuing the work of its foregoing volume, English Hymns of the Eighteenth Century, the genre's formative period. This annotated and edited collection of nearly 200 hymns (with author introductions and a general historical introduction) will be of inestimable value to scholars, students, and laypersons from several disciplines and interests: from hymnology to church and social history and theology, from political science to literature to popular culture. Hymns were the most widely read and memorized verbal structures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - and in the nineteenth century the hymn became not only the property of dissenters, but also of representatives from the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. This anthology, therefore, provides unique and highly significant insights into the culture, beliefs, and habits of thought of a people and their spiritual leaders. |