Orthodoxy and Heresy in Eighteenth-Century Society
Subtitle: Essays from the Debartolo Conference (The Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture)
Contributors: Regina Hewitt (Editor); Pat Rogers (Editor)
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780838755013
Subjects: Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy; c 1700 to c 1800; Essays; Conformity; Social History; Literary Collections; History - General History; Literary Criticism; Europe; Heresy; Modern - 18th Century; 18th century; Congresses; Deviant behavior; History
Description: "Orthodoxy and Heresy in Eighteenth-Century Society uses the concept of "heresy" to gain insight into the value of social order in eighteenth-century England and France. By applying the vocabulary of religion to behaviors that might more usually be studied as "deviant," the contributors account for the complexity and vehemence of conflicts over right order played out in the literary, artistic, and political arenas of the age."--BOOK JACKET.