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This hitherto unpublished diary, edited and with notes by Dr. Rogal, provides a valuable research tool for understanding the place of religion in immediate post Revolutionary America specifically amongst the American Methodist Episcopal Church members Bishop Whatcoat had as his flock. Sent to America and appointed by John Wesley with the stern injunction " ... to go and serve the desolate sheep of America, " Richard Whatcoat spent 11 years as ...

Vachel Lindsay introduced a genuinely new rhythm into American poetry and was America's first real folk poet-superior to Sandburg and articulating a sense of awe, loss and resentment at the passing of the older freedoms and dignities of pre industrial America. His topics (Negro revivals, Salvation Army meetings, Chautauqua gatherings) would seem to be utterly dated---yet Lindsay was a modernist in spite of himself and influenced greatly later ...

A three volume reference work describing the disciplines of 18th century Church history, geography and travel. Details from Wesley's diaries, journals, correspondence, and prose works are used to compile a calendar covering 3 November 1721 to 2 March 1791. Wesley's visits to England Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Georgia, South Carolina, Holland and Germany are tracked including where possible the specific activities in which the founder and lea...

This is the first full biography of Biblical scholar and theological seminary professor James Strong (1822-1894). It describes his upbringing, early and higher education, the schools and colleges where he taught, his academic colleagues, his contributions to the development of nineteenth-century American Methodism, and his numerous publications--particularly his Biblical Concordance (1894), which continues as a standard and essential reference...

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This text provides an annotated listing of more than 1000 titles written between 1660 and 1820, covering agricultural theory, experimentation and practice. Along with bibliographical information, many entries provide biographical information on the author and background information on the title.

In nearly a half-century of missionary work brothers John and Charles Wesley found the southwestern county of Cornwall to be among their most serious theological and social challenges. This book considers the mission through a close reading of the Wesleys writings, and covers the overall history of 18th-century British Methodism and its contribution to the religious and social history of the British Empire.

?Professor Rogal has produced a helpful tool for the study of children's hymnody. ... The bibliography is arranged alphabetically. Some of the entries are annotated, the notes give information such as the number of hymns in the book, later editions of the work, and denominational association. Biographical information is supplied for many authors and compilers. ... The four indexes increase the usefulness of the book. The first lists sponsoring...

This sourcebook is intended to add to the scope of "Gospel Hymns Nos 1 to 6 Complete", thereby increasing the work's value as an aid to the study of popular culture. Entries for both authors of the words and composers are arranged alphabetically along with information on each hymn.

Surveys the medical tracts, treatises, narratives, guides and references published in Great Britain during one of the most significant periods in the history of Western science. The coverage identifies the principal practitioners and theorists of the period.

This convenient reference tool will supplement basic sources. . . . Suitable for all libraries with American literature collections." Choice

William Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful British writers of his time. This reference book is a guide to Maugham's life and career, beginning with a discussion of the importance of Maugham's life and work, followed by a chronology of biographical and literary events.

Emphasizes the English hymn as a literary entity within denominational and historical contexts. The author sets forth a number of definitions for hymnody and congregational song, and then examines the development of the various forms in England and the United States. With a listing of works for further reading, an index to all hymns discussed, and chronology.

The characters in the fiction and drama of W. Somerset Maugham accurately reflect English society from the end of the Victorian age through the early years of World War II. Maugham based his characters on real people whom he observed and analyzed, and his characters transcend the themes and settings of his fictional worlds. This volume lists and descibes each and every character mentioned in Maugham's fiction and drama, including living, dead,...

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) became best known for his protestant hymns--since 1843, more than 2, 100 hymnals published in the United States have included adaptations of all or portions of his works--despite the fact that Whittier never considered himself a hymnist. This book compares and contrasts Whittier's original published texts with those versions that were adapted as hymns, exhibiting the hymnodic elements of his poetry and ...

Ernest Hemingway is famous for his description of food and drink in his short stories and novels. Very little has been written extensively and exclusively about this topic, but now Professor Samuel J. Rogal deals with this great theme in its totality.