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Fiddled out of reason : Addison and the rise of hymnic verse, 1687-1712
- Title
- Fiddled out of reason : Addison and the rise of hymnic verse, 1687-1712 / John William Knapp.
- Author
- Knapp, John William, 1966-
- Publication
- Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]
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Details
- Description
- x, 259 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Fiddled out of Reason examines Addison's poetic oeuvre in context of the nondevotional hymn, an underexplored genre of eighteenth-century verse. It concentrates on poems such as Addison's Cecilian odes, Rosamond, and five hymnic works for The Spectator, as well as Dryden's 'Song for St Cecilia's Day' and 'Alexander's Feast' and Pope's 'Messiah'"--
- Subject
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 > Criticism and interpretation
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
- 1500-1700
- Christian poetry, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Christianity and literature > England > History > 17th century
- Laudatory poetry, English > History and criticism
- Christian poetry, English > Early modern
- Christianity and literature
- Laudatory poetry, English
- England
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim" : the hymnic and the St. Cecilia's Day odes -- The hymnic and the Cecilian odes of Dryden and Addison -- Rosamond and the road to the spectator hymns -- The spectator turns to the hymnic -- The spectator and the progress of the hymnic -- The poems of the spectator sequence.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-8376
- ISBN
- 9781611461602
- 161146160X
- LCCN
- 2019001054
- OCLC
- 1078723328
- Author
- Knapp, John William, 1966- author.
- Title
- Fiddled out of reason : Addison and the rise of hymnic verse, 1687-1712 / John William Knapp.
- Publisher
- Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1500-1700
- Other Form:
- Online version: Knapp, John William, ‡d 1966- ‡e author. Fiddled out of reason Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019] 9781611461619 (DLC) 2019006222
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-8376