Rituals of spontaneity sentiment and secularism from free prayer to Wordsworth

Rituals of spontaneity : sentiment and secularism from free prayer to Wordsworth / Lori Branch.

Author/creator	Branch, Lori
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press,
Description	xiii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	English literature--18th century --History and criticism. Spontaneity (Philosophy) in literature. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Christian literature, English--History and criticism. Sentimentalism in literature. Secularism in literature. Christianity and literature--Great Britain --History. Christianity and culture--Great Britain --History. Prayer--History.

Contents	The rejection of liturgy, the rise of free prayer, and modern religious subjectivity -- "As blood is forced out of flesh" : spontaneity and the wounds of exchange in Grace abounding and The pilgrim's progress -- "True enthusiasm" : moral sense philosophy and fissures of the secular self in Shaftesbury's private writings -- At the Sign of the Bible and Sun : John Newbery, The vicar of Wakefield, and the ghost of Christopher Smart -- Wordsworth's "spontaneous overflow" and the "high service within" : from Lyrical ballads to Ecclesiastical sonnets.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2006016972
ISBN	1932792112 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	9781932792119

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