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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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