The Reformation in Rhyme Sternhold, Hopkins and the English Metrical Psalter, 1547-1603 |
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| Author:
| Quitslund, Beth |
| Series title: | St Andrews Studies in Reformation History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6326-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $259.00 |
Book Description:
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'The Whole Book of Psalms' was one of the most published and widely read books of early modern England, running to over 800 editions between the 1570s and the early eighteenth century. It offered all of the Psalms paraphrased in verse with appropriate tunes, together with an assortment of other scriptural and non-scriptual hymns, and was rapidly (if unofficially) adopted by the established English Church. Yet, despite the significant impact of the 'Whole Book of Psalms' upon English...
More Description'The Whole Book of Psalms' was one of the most published and widely read books of early modern England, running to over 800 editions between the 1570s and the early eighteenth century. It offered all of the Psalms paraphrased in verse with appropriate tunes, together with an assortment of other scriptural and non-scriptual hymns, and was rapidly (if unofficially) adopted by the established English Church. Yet, despite the significant impact of the 'Whole Book of Psalms' upon English culture and literature, this is the first book-length study of it, and the first sustained critical examination of the texts of which it comprises. By tracing the ways in which historical contingency, religious fervour and the print marketplace together created and were changed by one of the most successful books of English verse ever printed, this study opens a new window through which to view the intellectual and ecclesiastical culture of Tudor England.