'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation

'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation
Author: Aaron Hill
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2019-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN:

"Of Genius" is an essay by the 18th-century English writer Aaron Hill that explores the nature of artistic genius. It discusses the qualities that makeup genius, the importance of imagination, and the connection between genius and hard work. Hill's insights into the creative process have made "Of Genius" a valuable resource for those interested in the arts.

British Protestant Missions and the Conversion of Europe, 1600–1900

British Protestant Missions and the Conversion of Europe, 1600–1900
Author: Simone Maghenzani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2020-09-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0429516843

This book is the first account of British Protestant conversion initiatives directed towards continental Europe between 1600 and 1900. Continental Europe was considered a missionary land—another periphery of the world, whose centre was imperial Britain. British missions to Europe were informed by religious experiments in America, Africa, and Asia, rendering these offensives against Europe a true form of "imaginary colonialism". British Protestant missionaries often understood themselves to be at the forefront of a civilising project directed at Catholics (and sometimes even at other Protestants). Their mission was further reinforced by Britain becoming a land of compassionate refuge for European dissenters and exiles. This book engages with the myth of International Protestantism, questioning its early origins and its narrative of transnational belonging, while also interrogating Britain as an imagined Protestant land of hope and glory. In the history of western Christianities, "converting Europe" had a role that has not been adequately investigated. This is the story of the attempted, and ultimately failed, effort to convert a continent.

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K.Q
Author: William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 956
Release: 1834
Genre: English literature
ISBN: