Rituals of spontaneity : sentiment and secularism from free prayer to Wordsworth /
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a newfound love of spontaneity transformed Christian worship and revolutionized the Enlightenment's ''culture of sensibility.'' Rituals of Spontaneity tells the story of how and why spontaneity came to be so revered. Using archiva...
| Основен автор: | Branch, Lori. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=165242 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rituals of spontaneity. |
| Резюме: |
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a newfound love of spontaneity transformed Christian worship and revolutionized the Enlightenment's ''culture of sensibility.'' Rituals of Spontaneity tells the story of how and why spontaneity came to be so revered. Using archival material and works of Bunyan, Shaftesbury, Goldsmith, Smart and Wordsworth, Branch shows that the rise of spontaneity was intimately connected to the forces of commerce and science at the dawn of the Enlightenment. By focusing on the language in which spontaneity was defended and on its psychological repercussions, Ritual. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 348 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429467797 1429467797 9781433709289 1433709287 |