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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136128603321

Autore

Boyles Helen <1956-, >

Titolo

Romanticism and Methodism : the problem of religious enthusiasm / / Helen Boyles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-06141-1

1-315-60697-6

1-317-06142-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Disciplina

287

Soggetti

Enthusiasm - Religious aspects - Methodist Church

Romanticism - Great Britain

Christianity in literature

Methodism in literature

Methodism - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. John Wesley's mission : steering a course between sound and spurious enthusiasm -- 2. Restraining strategies : seeking a balance between emotion and reason in Wesleyan discourse -- 3. Divided feelings on Methodist enthusiasm : Southey and Coleridge's debate -- 4. Wordsworth's early exposure to Methodist enthusiasm -- 5. Common missions in Wordsworth's preface to The lyrical ballads and John Wesley's preface to the Methodist Hymns -- 6. Literary dissent : the 'common voice' in Wordsworth's Lyrical ballads -- 7. Evangelical style and sentiment in The excursion and Peter Bell -- 8. William Hazlitt's 'gusto' and enthusiasm.