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Jesus in the Victorian novel : reimagining Christ / Jessica Ann Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Jessica Ann, author.
- Series:
- New directions in religion and literature.
- New directions in religion and literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--In literature.
- Jesus Christ.
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kingsley, Charles.
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Criticism and interpretation.
- Eliot, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of how nineteenth-century writers turned to the realist novel in order to reimagine Jesus during a century where traditional religious faith appeared increasingly untenable. Re-workings of the canonical Gospels and other projects to demythologize the story of Jesus are frequently treated as projects aiming to secularize and even discredit traditional Christian faith. The novels of Charles Kingsley, George Eliot, Eliza Lynn Linton, and Mary Augusta Ward, however, demonstrate that the work of bringing the Christian tradition of prophet, priest, and king into conversation with a rapidly changing world can at times be a form of authentic faith-even a faith that remains rooted in the Bible and historic Christianity, while simultaneously creating a space that allows traditional understandings of Jesus' identity to evolve.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350278172
- 1350278173
- 9781350278165
- 1350278165
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