Romanticism and Methodism: The Problem of Religious Enthusiasm

By Helen Boyles

Book Overview

Exploring the intense relationship between Romantic literature and Methodism, Helen Boyles argues that writers from both movements display an ambivalent attitude towards the expression of deep emotional and spiritual experience. Boyles takes up the disparaging characterization of William Wordsworth and other Romantic poets as 'Methodistical, ' showi

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367882140
• ISBN13: 9780367882143
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"