Parody, Controversy, Commercial Opportunity: Samuel Foote’s The Minor (1760) and Its Reception

This article studies Samuel Foote’s comedy The Minor, created in 1760, and the controversy it provoked. As Foote’s play satirizes George Whitefield and his preaching, its legality was debated. The use of scriptural quotations by ridiculous characters was criticized as Methodists argued that religion...

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Главный автор:	Labrune, Pierre
Формат:	Artigo
Язык:	Inglês
Опубликовано:	Centre de recherche VALE 2024
Предметы:	satire censure méthodisme querelle religion légalité du théâtre Foote (Samuel) Whitefield (George) censorship Methodism controversy legality of theatre
Online-ссылка:	https://doi.org/10.4000/120mk https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/120mk https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/15592
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