03492nam 2200757 a 450 991095617150332120251117011903.01-317-10453-61-315-59260-61-317-10452-81-282-78592-397866127859241-4094-2319-0(CKB)2670000000048027(EBL)587874(OCoLC)679416640(SSID)ssj0000439059(PQKBManifestationID)12166428(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439059(PQKBWorkID)10460969(PQKB)11122602(Au-PeEL)EBL587874(CaPaEBR)ebr10417812(CaONFJC)MIL922585(Au-PeEL)EBL5293641(CaONFJC)MIL278592(OCoLC)1027144627(MiAaPQ)EBC587874(MiAaPQ)EBC5293641(EXLCZ)99267000000004802720100217d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiterary theology by women writers of the nineteenth century /by Rebecca Styler1st ed.Farnham, England ;Burlington, Vt. Ashgate20101 online resource (191 p.)The Nineteenth century seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-6735-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Brontë'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; IndexSuggesting 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 questioned the adequacy of their inherited Christian tradition to meet deeply felt personal and political needs. They reconfigure religion in creative, and more earth-oriented, ways.Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)English literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismReligion and literatureEnglandHistory19th centuryChristian literature, EnglishHistory and criticismWomen and literatureHistory19th centuryEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Religion and literatureHistoryChristian literature, EnglishHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistory820.9/3823082Styler Rebecca1877520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956171503321Literary theology by women writers of the nineteenth century4489784UNINA