Psalms in the Early Modern World

Linda Phyllis Austern

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The first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic world during 1400-1800, this volume showcases essays by scholars from literature, history, music and religious studies. The collection reaches beyond national and confessional boundaries to look at the ways in which Psalms touched nearly every person living in early modern Europe and any place in the world that Europeans took their cultural practices.

Book Details

Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: Sep 22nd, 2011
Pages: 416
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.94in - 1.67lb
EAN: 9781409422822
Categories: • Institutions & Organizations• Subjects & Themes - Religious• Sociology of Religion

About the Author

Linda Phyllis Austen is Associate Professor of Musicology at Northwestern University. Kari Boyd McBride is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. David L. Orvis is Assistant Professor of English at Appalachian State University.

Praise for this book

'... an important collection of thirteen essays...' Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance 'Psalms in the Early Modern World begins with the Algonquins and ends in New Spain. The intervening 300 pages explore more familiar terrain in Europe and England, with an eye to the modulations that biblical psalms undergo as regards texts, tunes, translations, and historical transitions. Indeed, the strength of this collection lies in its transdisciplinary and transnational approach to the psalms, themselves an enduring staple of liturgical, household, and private devotions.' Renaissance Quarterly 'A collection of articles by thirteen scholars, this book contains invaluable insights and resources... Any serious seminary library should have the book if not for the chapters then for the bibliography.' Lutheran Quarterly '... provide[s] significant additions to our understanding of psalm use in history and would be valuable for anyone working on similar people or topics.' Sixteenth Century Journal '...brings into focus the ubiquity of the Psalms in early modern culture and, in a strong, interdisciplinary collection of essays, encourages us to rethink texts which are so basic to any understanding of the era that they are in danger of becoming (or remaining) transparent.' Notes and Queries