A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930 (Routledge Revivals)

By: Donald Davie

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Synopsis: First published in 1978, this study considers the impact of dissenting voices upon literature, religion and politics in order to reassess the nonconformist contribution to English culture from the eighteenth century through to the twentieth. This historical survey takes into the account the contribution of a wealth of seminal literary figures such as the poets Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley and William Blake; and the novelists Elizabeth Gaskell, George Elliot, Mark Rutherford and D. H. Lawrence. However, far from consigning his study merely to literature, Davie also includes important orators like Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Farraday and Philip Gosse; political activists like Joseph Priestly, and soldiers like Orde Wingate. Unitarians, Sandemanians, Wesleyan Methodists and the Plymouth Brethren are considered, as well as the older denominations.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 160 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781135698232
Related ISBNs:: 9780415519960, 9780415500333, 9780203718278
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/22/20
Copyrighted By:: Donald Davie
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.