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UNINA9910460240703321 |
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Autore |
Davie Grace |
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Titolo |
Religion in Britain / / Grace Davie |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-119-00431-4 |
1-119-00407-1 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Christian sociology - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Religion 20th century |
Great Britain Religion 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminaries. Introduction -- Contexts and generations -- Facts and figures -- Religious legacies. Cultural heritage, believing without belonging and vicarious religion -- Territory, politics and institutions -- Presence: who can do what for whom? -- Shifting priorities: from obligation to consumption. An emerging market: gainers and losers -- Proliferations of the spiritual -- Public religion and secular reactions. Managing diversity -- Religion in public life -- Thinking theoretically. Religion and modernity continued. |
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Religion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country's increasing secularity alongside religion's growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain's society. Describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century BritainBased on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1994) but extensively revised with the majority of the text re-written to reflect the current situationInvestigates the paradox of why Britain has become increasingly secular and how r |
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UNINA9910784898303321 |
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Autore |
Wild Min |
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Christopher Smart and satire [[electronic resource] ] : 'Mary Midnight' and the midwife / / by Min Wild |
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Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008 |
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1-315-57197-8 |
1-317-16642-6 |
1-317-16641-8 |
1-281-18964-2 |
9786611189648 |
0-7546-8217-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Satire, English - History and criticism |
English periodicals - History - 18th century |
England Intellectual life 18th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Personal Identity and Personae in the Eighteenth-Century Periodical; 2 'The Jakes of Genius': The Nature of the Midwife; 3 A 'Terrible Old Lady': The Persona of 'Mary Midnight'; 4 'A Perfect Swiss in Writing': Literature and Authorship in the Midwife; 5 'Inwardly Working a Stirre to the Mynde': Political Satire in the Midwife; 6 The 'Kind Juggler': Social Satire and Enlightenment in the Midwife; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index |
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Min Wild explores the idiosyncratic world of satire in the eighteenth-century periodical, focusing on Christopher Smart's underexplored Midwife, or Old Woman's Magazine. In analysing Smart's adoption of a peculiarly female persona, 'Mary Midnight', Wild reveals a learned and ribald wit satirically engaging with questions of gender, politics, and culture. Wild also offers insight into the difficult position in which eighteenth-century writers found themselves as ideas on the nature of authorship were being transformed |
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