Methodism and the Rise of Popular Literary Criticism: Reviewing the Revival

This book examines how Methodism and popular review criticism intersected with and informed each other in the eighteenth century. Methodism emerged at a time when the idea of a ’public square’ was taking shape, a process facilitated by the periodical press.

Brett McInelly is a Professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University, USA. His publications include Textual Warfare and the Making of Methodism (2014).