Victorian Curate / David Yeandle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeandle, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clergy.

Hunt, John, 1827-.

Hunt, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 249 pages)

Other Title:

Victorian Curate

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"This book analyses [Hunt's] career in London and St Ives (Cambs.) through the lens of his autobiographical narrative, Clergymen Made Scarce (1867) ... A Victorian Curate: A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt is an absorbing personal account of the corruption and turmoil in the Church of England at this time. It will appeal to anyone interested in this history, the relationship between science and religion in the nineteenth century, or the role of the curate in Victorian England."-- Publisher website.

Contents:

Preface / David Yeandle

Introduction / David Yeandle

1. John Hunt / David Yeandle

2. Clergymen Made Scarce / David Yeandle

3. Town Life / David Yeandle

4. Essays and Reviews Controversy / David Yeandle

5. Unemployment and Applications / David Yeandle

6. Final Metropolitan Applications / David Yeandle

7. The Anatomist Curate / David Yeandle

8. Country Life / David Yeandle

9. St Ives, Hunts / David Yeandle

10. Conclusions / David Yeandle

11. Postscript: John Hunt in Otford / David Yeandle

12. Chronological Table of John Hunt's Life / David Yeandle

Appendix: Documents and Press Quotations / David Yeandle

Appendix II / David Yeandle

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.