Victorian Religious Discourse
New Directions in Criticism
Published on 21. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 278 pages
978-1-349-52882-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays attempts to address the disparate historical and critical ways religion informs the literature and culture of nineteenth century England, showing how a representative group of major Victorians negotiated its impact. The collection attempts to present Victorian religious discourse not as monologic but as dialogic, if not protean. It seeks to make available new understandings of nineteenth-century British literature as well as to elucidate the extent to which religious discourse is vested in Victorian cultural thoughts and practice.
Reviews / Votes
"Jude V. Nixon's collection of essays, Victorian Religious Discourse, is an up-to-date survey of scholarly work on Christian faith and doubt in nineteenth-century England. These essays demonstrate the centrality of Protestant faith and practice to English nationhood and personal identity. Combining studies of prose, poetry, and fiction by established and younger scholars, the book is crucial reading for critics and historians interested in Victorian religious culture." - Sue Zemka, Emory University
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 278 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-52882-0 (9781349528820)
DOI
10.1057/9781403980892
Schweitzer Classification
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Palgrave MacMillan
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Person
JUDE NIXON is Director at the Honors College, Oakland University, USA. He is author of numerous books and articles.
Content
Contributors Acknowledgments Framing Victorian Religious Discourse: An Introduction; J.V.Nixon PART 1: THE HIGHER-CRITICAL DEBATE The Victorian Radicals: Time and Multivalence in Hopkins, Pusey, and Müller; J.Bump "Kill[ing] Our Souls with Literalism": Reading Essays and Reviews; J.V.Nixon Skeptical Women V. Honest Men V. Good Old Boys: Gender Conflict in the High Victorian Religion Wars; J.L.Larson "Decomposing Texts": Browning's Poetics and Higher Critical Parody; S.Bailey "Our King Back, Oh, upon English Souls": Swinburne, Hopkins, and the Politics of Religion; R.V.Overholser PART 2: RELIGION AND THE AESTHETIC IMAGINATION Hearing Adventure: Giuseppe Caponsacchi, Browning's "Hollow Rock"; J.A.Dupras Faith, Romance and Imagination: Newman the Storyteller; B.Waterman Ward A "thousand solaces" for the Modern Spirit: Walter Pater's Religious Discourse; L.Higgins "Amen in a wrong place": Charles Dickens Imagines the Victorian Church; N.Bell Cole "Poetry is where God is": The Importance of Christian Faith and Theology in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Life and Work; A.M.B.Wörn References Index