John Keble in context / edited by Kirstie Blair.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blair, Kirstie.

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Anthem nineteenth century studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keble, John, 1792-1866.

Keble, John.

Church of England--Clergy--Biography.

Church of England.

Clergy.

Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Anglicans--England--Biography.

Anglicans.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem, 2004.

Summary:

John Keble had an immense influence on nineteenth-century literature and culture. A founding figure of the Oxford Movement, he was mythologized as the living embodiment of Christian ideals. His 1827 volume of verse The Christian Year was the bestselling book of poetry in the Victorian era, while his lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry were highly influential. Those indebted to his ideas include figures as diverse as John Henry Newman, Christina Rossetti and Alfred Tennyson.

Despite his evident importance, Keble's social, political and cultural impact on his times have until recently been significantly underestimated. This interdisciplinary volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the importance of Keble's life and work. It provides an entirely fresh perspective on Keble's writings, bringing cirtical work on Keble into the 21st century, in particular demonstrating the importance of his contribution to nineteenth-century literature, politics and theology. Including work by a number of prominent scholars, John Keble in Context provides a wide range of perspectives on Keble's place in politics and religion, his writings and his influence on his literary heirs and successors.

This unique and timely volume offers the first major reassessment of Keble's work for several decades, and a comprehensive introduction to this key figure. John Keble in Context will appeal to students of Victorian literature, history, religion and culture.

Contents:

Part I Reconsiderations: Keble's place in Tractarian politics and religion

1 Keble's Creweian Oration of 1839: The Idea of a Christian University / Stephen Prickett 19

2 'The Duty of the State': Keble, the Tractarians and Establishment / S. A. Skinner 33

3 John Keble, National Apostasy, and the Myths of 14 July / Mark Chapman 47

4 John Keble and the Ethos of the Oxford Movement / James Pereiro 59

Part II Reading Keble's Writings: The Poet and the Pastor

5 Ways of Reading 1825: Leisure, Curiosity, and Morbid Eagerness / William Mckelvy 75

6 'National Apostasy', Tracts For The Times, and Plain Sermons: Keble's Tractarian Prose / Robert H. Ellison 89

7 Lyra Innocentium (1846) and its Contexts / J. R. Watson 101

Part III Influence and Resistance: Literary Heirs and Successors

8 'Healing relief...without detriment to modest reserve...': Keble, Women's Poetry and Victorian Cultural Theory / Emma Francis 115

9 'Her Silence Speaks': Keble's Female Heirs / Emma Mason 125

10 'For rigorous teachers seized my youth': Thomas Arnold, John Keble and the Juvenilia of Arthur Hugh Clough and Matthew Arnold / Daniel Kline 143

11 In Memoriam and The Christian Year / Marion Shaw 159

12 'A Handmaid to the Church': How John Keble Shaped the Career of Charlotte Yonge, the 'Novelist of the Oxford Movement' / Ellen Jordan, Charlotte Mitchell, Helen Schinske 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

1843311461

184331147X

OCLC:

56540789