| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
God and the Bible, Secularisms and Novels -- The Authority of the Bible -- The Crisis of Biblical Authority -- George Eliot s Secular Scriptures -- Thomas Hardy: the Church and the Negation of Christianity -- Mary Ward and the Problems of History -- Rider Haggard: Adventures with the Numinous -- Conclusion: Authority, the Novel and God |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 fast |
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Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 fast |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 fast |
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Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920 fast |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Bible and literature -- History -- 19th century
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Bible and literature
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English fiction
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Religion and literature
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Great Britain
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
129974639X |
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9781299746398 |
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