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Abstract
This essay will trace how the closely linked discursive practices of oral testimony in Methodist classes and bands, manuscript circulation via letter of spiritual experience accounts, and publication of letters and narratives in the Arminian Magazine can be mapped onto the discourse culture that brought about the publication of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela and the resultant media storm that was only rivalled by the vehemence of the attacks on Methodism in the contemporary press. This history makes clear some of the links between the discourse of evangelicalism and the discourse of the early novel, most notably in the shared textual histories and similar protocols of mediation that define early works in each field.
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Nous nous intéresserons ici à des pratiques discursives apparentées : le témoignage oral dans la tradition méthodiste lors des rencontres de « classes » et de « bandes »; la diffusion épistolaire, donc manuscrite, de témoignages relatant des expériences spirituelles; et la publication de lettres et de récits dans le Arminian Magazine. Nous tenterons de voir de quelle manière toutes ces pratiques participèrent au discours ambiant qui mena à la publication du roman Pamela de Samuel Richardson et au tollé médiatique qu’il souleva, tollé qui ne fut surpassé que par la véhémence des attaques qu’on fit alors subir au méthodisme dans la presse. Ce cas de figure met en lumière certains des liens existant entre le discours évangéliste et le discours adopté par le roman de l’époque, surtout en ce qui a trait aux histoires textuelles partagées et aux protocoles de médiation similaires qui caractérisent les oeuvres fondatrices de chacune des deux sphères.
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