Literary theology by women writers of the nineteenth century

Literary theology by women writers of the nineteenth century / Rebecca Styler.

Suggesting that women used literature as a means to engage in theology during the nineteenth century, Rebecca Styler examines works by writers who include Emma Worboise, Anne Bronte, Anna Jameson, Clara Balfour, Harriet Martineau and Josephine Butler. Using a range of literary genres, these writers...

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Main Author: Styler, Rebecca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Series:Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Subjects:
1800-1899
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Christian literature, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > History > 19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christian literature, English
English literature
English literature > Women authors
Religion and literature
Women and literature
England
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Contexts of Women's Literary Theology in the Nineteenth Century; 2 Christianity, Gender and the Public Sphere: Emma Worboise's Fiction and Life of Thomas Arnold; 3 Romance, Reason and Reality in Anne Bront's Poetry; 4 A Scripture of Their Own: Collective Biography and Feminist Bible Criticism; 5 Harriet Martineau: Writing Religion for the Rational Citizen; 6 Josephine Butler's Liberation Theology; Bibliography; Index.

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