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Article Title

Religious Attitudes in the World of Humphry Clinker

Authors

Byron Gassman

Keywords

Tobias George Smollett, expedition, Humphry Clinker, Methodist Church, Great Britain, History

Abstract

Tobias Smollett's Expedition of Humphry Clinker provides a vivid and perceptive view of eighteenth-century Scotland and England. Written as a series of letters from a Welshman travelling through Scotland and Ireland, Humphry Clinker reveals Smollett's unease over the political and economic changes in English society. Smollett's religious commentary, although less central than his political commentary, is no less valuable. Smollett's satirical treatment of both the Anglican clergy and the Methodist movement gives modern readers a glimpse of a segment of religious thought in his time.

Recommended Citation

Gassman, Byron (1965) "Religious Attitudes in the World of Humphry Clinker," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 6: Iss. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol6/iss2/2