Methodism and the Rise of Popular Literary Criticism Taylor & Francis Ltd

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 It will be relevant to scholars of religion, history and literary studies with an interest in Methodism, print culture, and the eighteenth century....