Religion, Language, Nation: William Barnes's Christianity.

This article argues that William Barnes looked back to the fourth-century Christianity of his local Dorset to explore questions of faith, language, and nation. In his poetry and still unpublished sermons, Barnes spoke directly to his community in an Old West Saxon Dorset dialect about the early Chri...

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Published in:	Victorian Studies Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 240 - 255
Main Author:	Mason, Emma
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press Winter2024
Subjects:	Old English language Primitive & early church, ca. 30-600 Western United States history Christianity Schism Barnes, William, 1801-1886
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost