'Abide with me', 'The day thou gavest Lord is ended', 'All
things bright and beautiful': a century and more after they were
written Victorian hymns like these have an enduring popularity.
This book examines the Victorian hymn from a literary, theological
and cultural point of view. It traces its contemporary impact and
its continuing influence in churches, public popularity, parody and
literary references.
In a way that has not been done before, Ian Bradley traces the
importance of hymns in Victorian novels, explores the extraordinary
political and social ramifications of Victorian hymnody, and
assesses the literary and musical importance of the genre. Written
in a lively and anecdotal style, this book punctures some of the
myths about Victorian hymns, showing that the themes of doubt,
humility and political and social radicalism surface just as much
as those of triumphalism, imperialism and conservatism.
'Ian Bradley tells his story lucidly, from the disappearance of
the chaotic and cheerful gallery musicians so beloved of Thomas
Hardy, to the gospel songs of Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey. He moves
easily between the novelist, the theologian and the musician. He
introduces the story with a striking analogy: hymns played much the
same role in Victorian culture that soap operas do among us today .
. . it is a good curtain-raiser for a serious, indeed learned, but
never humourless book.' Lord Runcie, "Daily Telegraph"
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'I was so gripped by this book that I could not put it down.
Here is invaluable resource material dealing with a period of
hymnody which has never before been researched in such depth. In
this eminently readable survey, we are left in no doubt as to the
merits or otherwise of nineteenth-century hymnody.' Dr Lionel
Dakers, formerly Director of the Royal School of Music.
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