Sizer, Sandra S. Gospel Hymns and Social Religion: The Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century Revivalism (American Civilization). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978. First Edition. ISBN: 0877221421. [10130]
Maroon hardback, fine "as new" condition, dust jacket with slight edge-wear, now in a clear wrapper. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, xi, [1], 222 clean pp. Fine in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover.
No. 4922 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography.
"Sankey's Gospel Hymns was by far the most successful of American hymnals and deserves some special attention, some attempt to account for its impact. Why did gospel hymns have such appeal? In this unique study, Sandra Sizer addresses that question by discussing the emergence of Moody-Sankey revivalism and popular religion in the white urban North...This book offers a new perspective by looking at the rhetoric of the hymns themselves." - publisher.