In the eighteenth century, British Methodism was an object of both derision and desire. Many popular eighteenth-century works ridiculed Methodists, yet often th

John Wesley and George Whitefield are remembered as founders of Methodism, one of the most influential movements in the history of modern Christianity. Characte

This book traces specific cases of how evangelical and Methodist discourse practices interacted with major cultural and literary events during the long eighteen

The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked incre

This study examines the satirical and polemical literature written in response to the 18th-century Methodist revival and the ways Methodists, who were acutely a