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Methodism and the Rise of Popular Literary Criticism - Reviewing the Revival (Hardcover)
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Methodism and the Rise of Popular Literary Criticism - Reviewing the Revival (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Methodist Studies Series
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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 of
popular review criticism. The book considers in particular how
works addressing Methodism were discussed and critiqued in the
era's two leading literary periodicals - The Monthly Review and The
Critical Review. Focusing on the period between 1749 and 1789, the
study encompasses the formative years of popular review criticism
and some of the more dramatic moments in the textual culture of
early Methodism. The author illustrates some of the specific ways
these review journals diverged in their critical approaches and
sensibilities as well as their politics and religious opinions. The
Monthly's and the Critical's responses to the Methodists' own
publishing efforts as well as the anti-Methodist critique are shown
to be both multifaceted and complex. The book critically reflects
on the pretended neutrality, reasonableness, and objectivity of
reviewers, who at times found themselves negotiating between the
desire to regulate literary tastes and the impulse to undermine the
Methodist revival. It will be relevant to scholars of religion,
history and literary studies with an interest in Methodism, print
culture, and the eighteenth century.
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