Yet alive? : methodists in British fiction since 1890 / by David Dickinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British literature.

Methodism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Reading the novels of George Eliot, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Barry Unsworth, and others, as a Methodist, David Dickinson offers a colourful picture of Methodists in British fiction since the close of the nineteenth century. In the first century and a half of the denomination's influence, many novels treated Methodist themes, settings and characters - and several authors were themselves Methodist - but as Methodism declined, its appearances in modern English literature diminished. Nevertheless, it retains a strong, if paradoxical, presence in popular imagination, fed in part by its fictional depiction. Yet Alive? argues that, despite, or perhaps because of, the process of secularisation, novels depicting Methodists play an important role in literature's ongoing exploration of spiritual, religious and theological themes, and that Methodists have much to learn from the way authors see them.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4438-9684-5

OCLC:

952337324