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1 online resource (x, 287 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index. |
| Summary |
"This is the first full-length study of religion in the fiction of the Brontes. Drawing on extensive knowledge of the Anglican church in the nineteenth century, Marianne Thormahlen shows how the Brontes' familiarity with the contemporary debates on doctrinal, ethical and ecclesiastical issues informs their novels. The analyses of the novels clarify the constant interplay of human and Divine love in their development. While demonstrating that the Brontes' fiction usually reflects the basic tenets of Evangelical Anglicanism, the book emphasises the characteristic spiritual freedom and audacity of the Brontes."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
I. Denominations. A Christian home in early nineteenth-century England: Evangelicalism, Dissent and the Bronte family. Charlotte Bronte and the Church of Rome. An undenominational temper -- II. Doctrines. The Brontes in the theological landscape of their time. God and his creation. Faith and redemption. This life and the next -- III. Ethics. Forgiveness and revenge. The Christian life -- IV. Clerics. Clergymen in the Bronte novels. The enigma of St. John Rivers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Religion.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. |
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Religion. |
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 -- Religion.
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. |
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 -- Religion.
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Religion. |
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 -- Religion. |
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 -- Religion. |
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Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Christianity and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- Women authors. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Christian fiction, English. |
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Theology in literature.
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Theology in literature. |
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Clergy in literature.
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Clergy in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thormählen, Marianne, 1949- Brontës and religion. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521661552 (DLC) 99010369 (OCoLC)40674935 |
| ISBN |
0511002777 (electronic book) |
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9780511002779 (electronic book) |
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0511033508 (electronic book) |
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9780511033506 (electronic book) |
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0511150032 |
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9780511150036 |
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0521661552 (hardback) |
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9780521661553 (hardback) |
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