03437cam a2200589Ma 4500 ocn797917355 OCoLC 20200709055544.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120702s2012 nyua ob 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO N$T 9780773411647 (electronic bk.) 077341164X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)797917355 464192 (N$T) n-us--- ML3561.A6 R64 2012 REL 055020 bisacsh REL 016000 bisacsh 264/.23 23 N$TA Rogal, Samuel J. America the beautiful [electronic resource] : a sung prayer in the Christian tradition / Samuel J. Rogal. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2012. 1 online resource (72 p.) : ill. History of Christian hymnody ; v. 13 Includes bibliographical references. Description based upon print version of record. 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; "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. Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. America the beautiful. Ward, Samuel A., 1847-1903. America the beautiful. National songs United States History and criticism. Hymns, English United States History and criticism. Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. America the beautiful. Hymns, English -- United States -- History and criticism. National songs -- United States -- History and criticism. Ward, Samuel A., 1847-1903. America the beautiful. Fine Arts. Religion. RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy bisacsh RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Rogal, Samuel J. America the Beautiful : A Sung Prayer of the Christian Tradition Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press,c2012 9780773426054 History of Christian hymnody ; v. 13. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=948258 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=464192 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL948258 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51393 51393