The battle hymn of the republic : a biography of the song that marches on / John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis.

By:

Stauffer, John, 1965-

Contributor(s):

Soskis, Benjamin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199837441
0199837449

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Battle hymn of the republic.DDC classification:

782.42/15990973 23

LOC classification:

ML3561.B25 S73 2013eb

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Contents:

Origins : The hymn and the man -- "His soul is marching on!" : "John Brown's body" and the Civil War -- Julia Ward Howe and the making of the "Battle hymn of the Republic" -- The reconstruction of the "Battle hymn" -- The progressive Battle hymn -- "Solidarity forever" : the worker's Battle hymn -- The evangelical Battle hymn -- The African-American Battle hymn -- Conclusion : the hymn that marches on.

Summary: It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause in our nation's history

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It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause in our nation's history

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