A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930Oxford University Press, 1978 - 152 من الصفحات In this provocative volume well-known poet and literary critic Donald Davie examines the dissenting voice in English literature, religion, and politics. Examining the works of writers such as Milton, Charles Blake, and George Eliot; pulpit-orators such as Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Faraday; and political activists such as Joseph Priestley, he considers such questions as: How did their voice develop after their death? And were these dissenters the religious bigots, political time-servers, and artistic philistines they are portrayed as? |
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... Wesley with his contemporary William Blake . Blake certainly knew Wesley's work : his autograph , dated 1790 , appears in a copy of Wesley's Hymns for the Nation , in 1782. Written by Charles Wesley when the defeat of British forces by ...
... Wesley with his contemporary William Blake . Blake certainly knew Wesley's work : his autograph , dated 1790 , appears in a copy of Wesley's Hymns for the Nation , in 1782. Written by Charles Wesley when the defeat of British forces by ...
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... Wesley's Journal for 1742 , we find him reading her Torrents Spirituels , and Henry Bett in his Hymns of Methodism recognizes imagery from this book in Charles Wesley's Hymns and Sacred Poems of 1749. As late as 1776 John Wesley ...
... Wesley's Journal for 1742 , we find him reading her Torrents Spirituels , and Henry Bett in his Hymns of Methodism recognizes imagery from this book in Charles Wesley's Hymns and Sacred Poems of 1749. As late as 1776 John Wesley ...
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... Wesley's prose , especially his political and contro- versial writings like A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion . George Lawton's John Wesley's English : A Study of his Literary Style ( 1962 ) has more to say on this , but ...
... Wesley's prose , especially his political and contro- versial writings like A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion . George Lawton's John Wesley's English : A Study of his Literary Style ( 1962 ) has more to say on this , but ...
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Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
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