Victorian religious discourse : new directions in criticism / edited by Jude V. Nixon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nixon, Jude V., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Christianity and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Christianity and literature.

Religion and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Religion and literature.

Christian literature, English--History and criticism.

Christian literature, English.

Religious literature, English--History and criticism.

Religious literature, English.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

"Jude V. Nixon's collection of essays, "Victorian Religious Discourse, is an up-to-date survey of scholarly work on Christian faith and doubt in nineteenth-century England. These essays demonstrate the centrality of Protestant faith and practice to English nationhood and personal identity. Combining studies of prose, poetry, and fiction by established and younger scholars, the book is crucial reading for critics and historians interested in Victorian religious culture."--Sue Zemka, Emory University

Contents:

Framing Victorian Religious Discourse: An Introduction / Jude V. Nixon 1

Part I The Higher-Critical Debate

1 The Victorian Radicals: Time, Typology, and Ontology in Hopkins, Pusey, and Muller / Jerome Bump 27

2 "Kill[ing] Our Souls with Literalism": Reading Essays and Reviews / Jude V. Nixon 51

3 Skeptical Women v. Honest Men v. Good Old Boys: Gender Conflict in the High Victorian Religion Wars / Janet L. Larson 83

4 "Decomposing" Texts: Browning's Poetics and Higher-Critical Parody / Suzanne Bailey 117

5 "Our King Back, Oh, Upon English Souls!": Swinburne, Hopkins, and the Politics of Religion / Renee V. Overholser 131

Part II Religion and the Aesthetic Imagination

6 Hearing Adventure: Giuseppe Caponsacchi, Browning's "Hollow Rock" / Joseph A. Dupras 157

7 Faith, Romance, and Imagination: Newman the Storyteller / Bernadette Waterman Ward 175

8 A "Thousand Solaces" for the Modern Spirit: Walter Pater's Religious Discourse / Lesley Higgins 189

9 "Amen in a Wrong Place": Charles Dickens Imagines the Victorian Church / Natalie Bell Cole 205

10 "Poetry is Where God is": The Importance of Christian Faith and Theology in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Life and Work / Alexandra M. B. Worn 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-271) and index.

ISBN:

1403965226

OCLC:

54007002