In this study, I expand the scope of the scholarship that Walter Ong and others have done in orality-literacy relations to examine the often uneasy juxtaposition of the oral and written traditions in the literature of the Victorian pulpit. I begin by examining the intersections of the oral and written traditions found in both the theory and the practice of Victorian preaching. I discuss the prominent place of the sermon within both the print and oral cultures of Victorian Britain; argue that the sermon's status as both oration and essay places it in the genre of "oral literature"; and analyze the debate over the extent to which writing should be employed in the preparation and delivery of sermons.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc279297 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Ellison, Robert H. (Robert Howard) |
| Contributors | Stevens, L. Robert, Preston, Thomas R., Gleeson, Larry A., Linebarger, J. M. (James Morris), 1934- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 196 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | England |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Ellison, Robert H. (Robert Howard) |
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