| Description |
1 online resource (72 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
History of Christian hymnody ; v. 13 |
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History of Christian hymnody ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
1. The texts -- 2. Introduction to the hymn -- 3. The texts as poetry -- 4. The texts as Congregational hymnody -- 5. The final text in hymn book and hymnal -- 6. Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) -- 7. Katharine Lee Bates: scholar/writer, poet, and hymnodist -- 8. The hymn tune and its composer: "Materna," by Samuel Augustus Ward (1848-1903) -- 9. Personal reflection -- 10. List of works cited and consulted |
| Summary |
"America the Beautiful," written in 1893 by Wellesley College English Professor and Poet, Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), revised and first published in 1895 and revised again in 1904 and 1911, stands among the classic pieces of American National hymnody. The poem reflects not only the natural grandeur of the United States in the late nineteenth century--from sky to earth, and from sea to another--but it depicts the ideal vision of a poet, writing only three decades removed from the American Civil War, who strived extremely hard to communicate to her readers the necessity to preserve the fundam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. America the beautiful
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Ward, Samuel A., 1847-1903. America the beautiful.
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| SUBJECT |
America the beautiful (Ward, Samuel A.) fast |
| Subject |
National songs -- United States -- History and criticism
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Hymns, English -- United States -- History and criticism
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RELIGION -- Christian Rituals & Practice -- Worship & Liturgy.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Hymns, English
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National songs
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773411647 |
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077341164X |
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