Writing the Revival
The Intersections of Methodism and Literature in the Long 18th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12880489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brett C Mcinelly (0000-0003-2876-0549, Brigham Young University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 12-21 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lic3.12203 |
| OpenAlex | W1528328576 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The Methodist revival attracted as much negative press as it did converts during the 18th century – in religious polemic, satiric verse, prose fiction, and dramatic script; the Methodists themselves likewise produced a rich body of spiritual autobiography and sacred verse, mostly in the form of the Methodist hymnal. This essay offers a survey of the scholarship that addresses the textual culture surrounding the revival, including critical assessments of the literature produced by the Methodists, its impact on the movement and Methodist religiosity, as well as discussions of the anti‐Methodist literature and how it registered within Methodism and the larger society. The essay also considers studies that connect Methodism and its literature to literary and cultural developments during the period, including developments in drama, the novel, and the Culture of Sensibility
Aesthetics · Art · Drama · Literature · Methodism · Period (music · Political science · Scholarship · Sensibility · History · Law · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies
Sensibility
Before novels
Dissenting Praise
Making of the English Working Class
Textual Warfare and the Making of Methodism
The Eighteenth-Century Hymn in England
Anti-Methodist publications in the eighteenth century
The Evangelical Conversion Narrative
Disciplining Satire
Anti-Methodist Publications of the Eighteenth Century
The Evangelist of Desire
Religion and Eighteenth‐Century Literature
The Divine Dramatist
Methodism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |