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Imagining Methodism in eighteenth-century Britain : enthusiasm, belief, & the borders of the self / Misty G. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Misty G., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Religion in literature.
- Methodism in literature.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rich in cultural and literary analysis, Anderson's argument will be of interest to students and scholars of the eighteenth century, religious studies, theater, and the history of gender.
- Contents:
- Historicizing methodism
- The new man: Desire, transformation, and the methodist body
- Words made flesh: Fanny Hill and the language of passion
- Actors and ghosts: Methodism in the theater of the real
- "'My Lord, my love:' the performance of public intimacy and the Methodist hymn
- A usable past: reconciliation in Humphry Clinker and the spiritual Quixote.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0528-8
- OCLC:
- 823654694
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