Methodism and the Rise of Popular Literary Criticism: Reviewing the Revival

by Brett McInelly

This book examines how Methodism and popular review criticism intersected with and informed each other in the eighteenth century. Methodism emerged at a time when the idea of a 'public square' was taking shape, a process facilitated by the periodical press. Perhaps more so than any previous religious movement, Methodism, and the publications associated with it, received greater scrutiny largely because of periodical literature and the emergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032491396
• ISBN13: 9781032491394
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"