Bible and novel : narrative authority and the death of God / Norman Vance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vance, Norman, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible and literature.

Christianity and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study seeks to develop a new context for reading later Victorian fiction, specifically the work of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Mary Ward and Rider Haggard. With Eliot and her successors the Victorian novel acquired greater cultural centrality, just as the authority of the scriptures and of traditional religious teaching seemed to be declining. The book considers whether serious, allegedly secular novelists supplanted the Bible or whether they anticipated some of the insights of contemporary theologians and writers of fiction by reimagining and reformulating rather than abandoning essentially religious themes and insights.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. God and the Bible, Secularisms and Novels; 2. The Authority of the Bible; 3. The Crisis of Biblical Authority; 4. George Eliot's Secular Scriptures; 5. Thomas Hardy: The Church or Christianity; 6. Mary Ward and the Problems of History; 7. Rider Haggard: Adventures with the Numinous; 8. Conclusion: Authority, the Novel, and God; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 1, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-874499-4

0-19-150189-1

0-19-968057-4

OCLC:

922972411