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Religious imaginaries : the liturgical and poetic practices of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Adelaide Procter / Karen Dieleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dieleman, Karen.
- Series:
- Series in Victorian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Religious poetry, English.
- Christian poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, English.
- Christian poetry, English--Authorship.
- English poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861--Religion.
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894--Religion.
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina.
- Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864--Religion.
- Procter, Adelaide Anne.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Liturgical and poetic practices of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Adelaide Procter
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Religious Imaginaries explores liturgical practice as formative for how three Victorian women poets imagined the world and their place in it and, consequently, for how they developed their creative and critical religious poetics. In doing so, this new study rethinks several assumptions in the field: that Victorian women's faith commitments tend to limit creativity; that the contours of church experiences matter little for understanding religious poetry; and that gender is more significant than liturgy in shaping women's religious poetry. Exploring the import of bodily experience for spiritua
- Contents:
- Introduction: liturgy and the religious imaginary
- Truth and love anchored in the word: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's religious imaginary
- "Truth in relation, perceived in emotion": Elizabeth Barrett Browning's religious poetics
- "The beloved Anglican Church of my baptism": Christina Rossetti's religious imaginary
- Manifestation, aesthetics, and community in Christina Rossetti's verses
- "The one divine influence at work in the world": Adelaide Procter's religious imaginary
- Religious-poetic strategies in Adelaide Procter's lyrics, legends, and chaplets
- Conclusion: the intricacy of the subject.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821444344
- 0821444344
- OCLC:
- 802050622
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