Tessa Whitehouse (Queen Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature

The Textual Culture of English Protestant Dissent 1720-1800

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Produktbeschreibung

The Textual Culture of English Protestant Dissent 1720-1800 explores the sociable character of dissenters' teaching and writing in the eighteenth century by focussing on manuscript cultures and publishing projects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780198717843
• ISBN-10: 0198717849
• Artikelnr.: 47864734

Autorenporträt

Tessa Whitehouse was educated at the universities of Cambridge and London. She is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature at Queen Mary University of London and a staff member of the Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Religious Dissent and Textual Culture in the Eighteenth Century
1: Instituting Dissent and the Role of Friendship
2: Dissenting Academy Traditions
3: Lectures in Print
4: Isaac Watts, Educationalist
5: Isaac Watts, Publisher
6: Friendship, Labour, and Editing Posthumous Works
Conclusion: Dissent and the World of Books
Appendix: Biographical Notes
Bibliography