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Author Vance, Norman, 1950-

Title The sinews of the spirit : the ideal of Christian manliness in Victorian literature and religious thought / Norman Vance
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985

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 MELB  826.80382 V2225/S  AVAILABLE
Description x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 1. Varieties of manliness; 2. Sturdiness and the saints; 3. Liberal religion; 4. Kingsleyan manliness (I): its life and times; 5. Kingsleyan manliness (II): some versions of virtue; 6. Tom Brown's manliness; 7. The unmanning of manliness; Notes; Index
Analysis English literature 1837-1900 Special themes Masculinity
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 207-235
Subject Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 -- Ethics.
Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 -- Religion and ethics
Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 -- Religion.
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 -- Ethics.
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 -- Religion and ethics
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 -- Religion.
Christian ethics in literature.
Christian literature, English -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Psychological aspects.
Christian ethics.
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
Virtues in literature.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Religion -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056935
LC no. 84028593
ISBN 0521303877