I Sing for I Cannot Be Silent: The Feminization of American Hymnody, 1870-1920 (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy & Culture) - Hardcover

Hobbs, June Hadden

9780822939900: I Sing for I Cannot Be Silent: The Feminization of American Hymnody, 1870-1920 (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy & Culture)

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ISBN 10: 0822939908 ISBN 13: 9780822939900

Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 1997

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About the Author:

June Hadden Hobbs grew up in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, where she often accompanied hymns on the piano at First Baptist Church. She is department chair and professor of English at Gardner-Webb University.

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“Building in part on her own childhood memories, Hobbs writes about the important role gospel hymns have played in the evangelical community. She focuses on the period between 1870 and 1920 but more briefly discusses earlier and later periods as well. Hobbs in particularly interested in women hymn writers and the position of power that hymn-writing gave to women. She argues that before the civil war, hymns were primarily used in private meditation and were the cultural property of women. After 1870, however, as hymns were used more frequently in public worship, women had less control over them. To make her case, Hobbs evaluates the use of hymns in domestic novels and compares hymns written by male and female hymnists. Hobb’s work gives evidence of much research and applies theories from a number of disciplines.”
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