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Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies : women, sexuality, and religion in the Victorian market / Mary Wilson Carpenter.

Van Pelt Library BV2369.G7 C37 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carpenter, Mary Wilson, 1937-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bible--Publication and distribution--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Bible.
Families--Religious life--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Families.
Christian women--Religious life--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Christian women.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--19th century.
Sex.
Christian literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Christian literature.
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature.
English literature--Women authors.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Christian literature--Publishing.
History.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian women--Religious life.
Families--Religious life.
Great Britain.
Physical Description:
xxii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Athens : Ohio University Press, [2003]
Contents:
Introduction: Authorized Versions, Unauthorized Sexualities: The Victorian Woman Writer as Religious Consumer xv
Part 1 The Authorized Version in the Marketplace
1 Consumer Christianity: Family Bibles and Family Values on the Installment Plan 3
2 Closeting the Family Bible and the Family 33
3 Family Bibles and Family Angels 49
Part 2 Consuming the Authorized Version
4 Playing with Sacred Pages: Menstrual Superabundance in Villette and Dissenting Bible Commentary 71
5 "A Bit of Her Flesh" Circumcision and "The Signification of the Phallus" in Daniel Deronda 101
6 Victorian Schemes of the Apocalypse: Profits and Prophecy 127
Conclusion: Philosophy and Philanthropy versus Buying and Selling 149
Appendix British Family Bibles 155.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and index.
ISBN:
0821415158
OCLC:
52494907

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