{"product_id":"literature-religion-and-the-evolution-howard-d-weinbrot-9781421405162","title":"Literature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA distinguished critic traces the growing, but always threatened, trend toward political and religious tolerance from the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth century in Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles changes in contentious politics and religion and their varied representations in British letters from the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. An uncertain trend toward tolerance and away from painful discord significantly influenced authors who reflected on and enhanced germane aspects of British literary and intellectual life. The movement was stymied during the painful Gordon Riots in June 1780, from which Britain needed to repair itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward D. Weinbrot's broad-ranging interdisciplinary study considers sermons, satire, political and religious polemic, Anglo-French relations, biblical and theological commentary, Methodism, legal history, and the novel. \u003ci\u003eLiterature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the texts and contexts of several major and minor authors, including Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Olaudah Equiano, Maria De Fleury, Lord George Gordon, Nathaniel Lancaster, Henry Sacheverell, Tobias Smollett, and Edward Synge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard D. Weinbrot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421405164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421405162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013","brand":"Howard D. Weinbrot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088209785087,"sku":"9781421405162","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8c0e2de-95b7-4a8a-b246-e2f10869beac.jpg?v=1769103664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literature-religion-and-the-evolution-howard-d-weinbrot-9781421405162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}