BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Isaac Watts"

 
Not What You Meant?  There are 33 definitions for Isaac.

Isaac Watts

Print-Friendly
About 293 pages (87,825 words) in 14 products

"Isaac Watts" Search Results
Contents:
Biography

Name: Isaac Watts
Birth Date: July 17, 1674
Death Date: November 25, 1748
Nationality: British, English
Gender: Male

summary from source:
Biography of Isaac Watts
4,116 words, approx. 14 pages
Isaac Watts was a scion of seventeenth-century Independent Dissent, a religious culture distinguished by its attention to local congregational authority, the education of preachers and people, and the cultivation of individual piety. The politics,...


Quotations
summary from source:
Isaac Watts Quotes
2,073 words, approx. 7 pages
Isaac Watts ( 17 July 1674 - 25 November 1748 ) was an English theologian, logician, and a prolific and popular hymnwriter. Known as the "Father of English Hymnody" he is credited with some 750 hymns , many of which remain in active use today. Sourced...


Ask any question on Isaac Watts and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Isaac Watts Information
1,820 words, approx. 6 pages
Isaac Watts (July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748) is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been...


News and Journals
summary from source:

History Today
The Death of Isaac-Watts.(English hymn writer)(Brief Article)
11/01/1998: 621 words, approx. 2 pages
November 25th, 1148 'Oh God, our help in ages past' is arguably the most famous hymn in the English language, frequently sung on solemn national occasions and in time of trial. Its author died quietly in the afternoon of November 25th, 1748,...
summary from source:

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Watts
01/19/2000: 481 words, approx. 2 pages
Election 2000 Watts, Norquist open air war for City Hall By GREG J. BOROWSKI of the Journal Sentinel staff Wednesday, January 19, 2000 Mayor John O. Norquist and challenger George Watts took their campaigns to the airwaves Tuesday, each...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
summary from source:
Critical Essay by Arthur Paul Davis
21,539 words, approx. 72 pages
In the following essays, Davis provides an analysis of Watts's prose and its orientation, and argues that Watts's poetry deserves a place in English literary history not only because of its intrinsic worth, but also “because it is the best lyrical expression of eighteenth century evangelicalism.”
summary from source:
Critical Essay by Madeleine Forell Marshall and Janet Todd
11,874 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Marshall and Todd analyze Watts's creation of the English hymn and its characteristics.
summary from source:
Critical Essay by J. F. Maclear
9,795 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following essay, Maclear examines Watts's ideas about religion and its importance and impact on society and civil matters.
 


Isaac Watts Study Pack

Get the complete Isaac Watts Study Pack, which includes everything on this page. Approximately 293 pages (at 300 words per page) in 13 products.

 Please Note: Study Pack does not include any HighBeam content.

This Study Pack Contains:
1 Biography
1 Encyclopedia Article
10 Literature Criticism Essays
Multiple Formats Available:

· online web format
· "print-friendly" format
· downloadable PDF format
· downloadable Word/RTF format
Available Immediately Online
 

Isaac Watts

Print-Friendly
About 293 pages (87,825 words) in 14 products




Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy |