Congregational Hymns from the Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) became best known for his protestant hymns. 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 allowing the reader to observe the methods of textual changes to Whittier's lines.