Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.
Contents:
"Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim" : the hymnic and the St. Cecilia's Day odes -- The hymnic and the Cecilian odes of Dryden and Addison -- Rosamond and the road to the spectator hymns -- The spectator turns to the hymnic -- The spectator and the progress of the hymnic -- The poems of the spectator sequence.
Summary:
"Fiddled out of Reason examines Addison's poetic oeuvre in context of the nondevotional hymn, an underexplored genre of eighteenth-century verse. It concentrates on poems such as Addison's Cecilian odes, Rosamond, and five hymnic works for The Spectator, as well as Dryden's 'Song for St Cecilia's Day' and 'Alexander's Feast' and Pope's 'Messiah'"-- Provided by publisher.
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