LEADER 03704oam 2200577I 450 001 9910136128603321 005 20240501142828.0 010 $a1-317-06141-1 010 $a1-315-60697-6 010 $a1-317-06142-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315606972 035 $a(CKB)3710000000912461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717810 035 $a(OCoLC)962412107 035 $a(BIP)63358514 035 $a(BIP)73218280 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000912461 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRomanticism and Methodism $ethe problem of religious enthusiasm /$fHelen Boyles 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (215 pages) 311 08$a0-367-88214-0 311 08$a1-4724-8528-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aExploring the intense relationship between Romantic literature and Methodism, Helen Boyles argues that writers from both movements display an ambivalent attitude towards the expression of deep emotional and spiritual experience. Boyles takes up the disparaging characterization of William Wordsworth and other Romantic poets as 'Methodistical,' showing how this criticism was rooted in a suspicion of the 'enthusiasm' with which the Methodist movement was negatively identified. Historically, enthusiasm has generated hostility and embarrassment, a legacy that Boyles suggests provoked concerted efforts by Romantic poets such as Wordsworth and the Methodist leaders John and Charles Wesley to cleanse it of its derogatory associations. While they distanced themselves from enthusiasm's dangerous and hysterical manifestations, writers and religious leaders also identified with the precepts and inspiration of a language and religion of the heart. Boyles's analysis encompasses a range of literary genres from the Methodist sermon and hymn, to literary biography, critical review, lyric and epic poem. Balancing analysis of creative content with a consideration of its critical reception, she offers readers a detailed analysis of Wordsworth's relationship to popular evangelism within a analytical framework that incorporates Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William Hazlitt. 606 $aEnthusiasm$xReligious aspects$xMethodist Church 606 $aRomanticism$zGreat Britain 606 $aChristianity in literature 606 $aMethodism in literature 606 $aMethodism$xInfluence 615 0$aEnthusiasm$xReligious aspects$xMethodist Church. 615 0$aRomanticism 615 0$aChristianity in literature. 615 0$aMethodism in literature. 615 0$aMethodism$xInfluence. 676 $a287 700 $aBoyles$b Helen$f1956-,$0993222 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136128603321 996 $aRomanticism and Methodism$92274287 997 $aUNINA