The English cult of literature : devoted readers, 1774-1880 / William R. McKelvy.
The English cult of literature : devoted readers, 1774-1880 / William R. McKelvy.
The English cult of literature : devoted readers, 1774-1880 / William R. McKelvy.
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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N820.9382/6
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English
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xii, 322 p.
Contents
Orthodox narratives of literary sacralization -- Zealous protestants in literature: Lowth, Warton, and Percy -- Entertaining salvation: Scott's Jovial priests -- Common things hallowed: Keble and Macaulay -- Primitive traditions and modern readers: Gladstone's Homer -- Clerical fictions: Eliot's Scr...
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Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
Virginia
Date Published
2007.
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"Indebted to recent findings of book history and newer historiographies at odds with conventional secularization theory, this work makes an interdisciplinary contribution to revising the existing models for understanding change in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
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The English cult of literature : devoted readers, 1774-1880 / William R. McKelvy.
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Victorian literature and culture series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N820.9382/6
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74VKz7wgA4EZ
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9780813925714 (alk. paper)
0813925711
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820.9382
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991023424249702626
