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Thine Is the Glory

1975 novel by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2023
Entity authorityQ7784318 ↗
Source-derived summary

Thine Is the Glory can refer to:

"Thine Is the Glory" (hymn), a 1923 English hymn based on the 1884 French hymn "A Toi la Gloire" set to music from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus

Thine Is the Glory: A Novel of America's Golden Triangle, a 1975 novel by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Thine Is the Glory” as 1975 novel by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Thine, Glory and novel.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923, 1884, 1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Thine, Glory and novel providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Thine Is the Glory”, the useful work is to connect “1975 novel by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q7784318. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1923, 1884 and 1975.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Thine Is the Glory”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Thine Is the Glory primary sources, Thine Is the Glory archive and Thine research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Thine Is the Glory” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.