Religious dissenters and their literary and social heritage are the principal subjects of this book. At its heart is a group of English men whose activities were local, transcontinental and circum-Atlantic. Drawing on letters, lecture notes, manuscript accounts of academies, and…
"Religious dissenters and their literary and social heritage are the principal subjects of this book. At its heart is a group of English men whose activities were local, transcontinental and circum-Atlantic. Drawing on letters, lecture notes, manuscript accounts of academies, an…
'The Textual Culture of English Protestant Dissent 1720-1800' explores the sociable character of dissenters' teaching and writing in the 18th century by focusing on manuscript cultures and publishing projects.