A Gathered Church (Routledge Revivals)

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

By Donald Davie

Series: Routledge Revivals

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First published in 1978, A Gathered Church explores the profound influence of dissenting voices on English literature, religion, and politics from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Donald Davie reassesses the nonconformist contribution to English culture by examining a diverse range of figures, including poets like Isaac Watts and William Blake, novelists such as Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot, as well as orators, scientists, political activists, and soldiers. The study spans various denominations, encompassing Unitarians, Wesleyan Methodists, and Plymouth Brethren among others.
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Ideal for readers interested in English cultural history, religious studies, and literary criticism, as well as scholars examining the intersection of dissent and society.

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.

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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 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 Eliot, 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 Faraday and Philip Gosse; political activists like Joseph Priestley, and soldiers like Orde Wingate. Unitarians, Sandemanians, Wesleyan Methodists, and the Plymouth Brethren are considered, as well as the older denominations.