The Life of Wesley was one of Southey's most influential and bestselling works. This two-volume edition will represent the full text of the 1820 edition. It also includse a comprehensive critical apparatus that will make sense of the major issues posed by the text and how it contributes to studies of both Southey and Romanticism.

Tim Fulford is Professor of English at De Montford University, UK

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Editorial Introduction

Southey's Life of Wesley

Appendix A: Eyewitness Accounts of Certain Disturbances at the Wesley Family Home

Appendix B: Wesley and Elizabeth Briggs: a Methodist Sexual Abuse Scandal?

Appendix C: Reviews of Southey's Life of Wesley

Appendix D: Remarks on the Life and Character of John Wesley, by the Late Alexander Knox, Esq.