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The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion

The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion

The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion

Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
October 2021
Available
Paperback
9781108711050

    The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion provides the first scholarly survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life during the British Romantic period (1780s–1832). Part I, 'Historical Developments,' examines diverse religious communities, texts, and figures that shaped British Romantic culture, investigating the influence of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and atheism on the literature of the times. Part II, 'Literary Forms,' considers British Romanticism and religion through attention to major genres such as poetry, the novel, drama, sermons and lectures, and life writing. Part III, 'Disciplinary Connections,' explores links between religion, literature, and other areas of intellectual life during the period, including philosophy, science, politics, music, and painting.

    • Introduces major religious developments in the British Romantic period
    • Provides several essays on the role of religion in shaping diverse literary forms and genres
    • Explores disciplinary connections related to British Romanticism and religion

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… this is a highly readable introduction to the many interrelationships between theology and British Romanticism and this reviewer hopes that this is the first of many volumes to tackle this topic head on …' Helen-Frances Dessain, The Glass

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    Product details

    October 2021
    Paperback
    9781108711050
    325 pages
    229 × 151 × 20 mm
    0.55kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction Jeffrey W. Barbeau
    • Part I. Historical Developments
    • 2. Christianity: Established Churches Frances Knight
    • 3. Christianity: Protestant Dissent Felicity James
    • 4. Christianity: Roman Catholicism Michael Tomko
    • 5. Judaism Michael Scrivener
    • 6. Islam Humayun Ansari
    • 7. Hinduism Nishi Pulugurtha
    • 8. Atheism Martin Priestman
    • Part II. Literary Forms
    • 9. Poetry Jeffrey Einboden
    • 10. The Novel Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
    • 11. Drama Frederick Burwick
    • 12. Sermons & Lectures Jeffrey W. Barbeau
    • 13. Life Writing Amy Culley
    • Part III. Disciplinary Connections
    • 14. Philosophy James Vigus
    • 15. Science Rosalind Powell
    • 16. Politics Deirdre Coleman
    • 17. Music Martin V. Clarke
    • 18. Painting Martin Myrone.
      Contributors
    • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Frances Knight, Felicity James, Michael Tomko, Michael Scrivener, Humayun Ansari, Nishi Pulugurtha, Martin Priestman, Jeffrey Einboden, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein, Frederick Burwick, Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Amy Culley, James Vigus, Rosalind Powell, Deirdre Coleman, Martin V. Clarke, Martin Myrone

    • Author
    • Jeffrey W. Barbeau , Wheaton College, Illinois

      Jeffrey W. Barbeau is Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. He is the author or editor of several books, including Sara Coleridge: Her Life and Thought (2014), Religion in Romantic England: An Anthology of Primary Sources (2018), and The Spirit of Methodism: From the Wesleys to a Global Communion (2019).