J. R. Watson is a scholar of English literature and hymnody, and this Oxford University Press book is his standard critical and historical study of the English hymn, with extended treatment of Charles Wesley's contribution. Its strength is that it is a peer informed academic monograph from a major university press, situating hymn writing within English literary and religious history rather than treating hymns only as devotional objects. Its limit is that its focus is the English language hymn tradition specifically, so a claim about hymnody in another language or liturgical tradition needs a source matched to that different tradition.
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Published by Oxford University Press as J. R. Watson's standard critical and historical study, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesStandard critical history of English hymnody, with extended treatment of Charles Wesley.
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AuthorJ. R. Watson
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1997
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 3 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Denominations, 12 claims: 3 holds, 3 connected, 6 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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