Literature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780 /

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This book chronicles changes in contentious politics and religion and their varied representations in British letters from the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. An uncertain trend toward tolerance and away from painful discord significantly influenced authors who reflected on and enhan...

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Main Author: Weinbrot, Howard D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion and literature.
Literature and society.
Intellectual life.
English literature > Early modern.
English literature.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne.
Religion et litterature > Grande-Bretagne.
Litterature anglaise > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > Great Britain.
Religion and literature > Great Britain.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Groundwork of Change
  • Threats to the Species : Madness, Discontent, and the Danger of Dissolution. Causation and Contexts of Hatred : Savage Beasts Mortal and Deadly ; Madness, Extirpation, and Defoe's Shortest Way with the Dissenters
  • Taking the Cure and Improving the Species : Sermons, Compulsion, and Methodists. The Thirtieth of January Sermon : From Extermination to Inclusion ; "Compel Them to Come In," Luke 14:23 : From Persecution to Persuasion, Against Augustinian Compulsion ; Methodism : From Antagonist to Relation
  • Evolutionary Reversion : The Gordon Riots, Return to Rage, and Reinventing a Cure. Déjà Vu All Over Again? : The Gordon Riots, Bedlam Revisited, Restoration of Order, and a Trial on Trial ; A Very Near Thing : State Terrorism, the Fury of the Aggrieved, and Incompatibility with the Safety of Millions ; Coping, Repairing, and Dickens' Barnaby Rudge
  • Conclusion, Summary, Implications.

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