LEADER 04920nam 2200673 450 001 9910789200703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-268-07593-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072748 035 $a(EBL)3441152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084831 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11667942 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084831 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11035021 035 $a(PQKB)10262403 035 $a(OCoLC)869303836 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31458 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10814946 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL906712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441152 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072748 100 $a20131218d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVictorian reformations $ehistorical fiction and religious controversy, 1820-1900 /$fMiriam Elizabeth Burstein 210 1$aNotre Dame, Indiana :$cUniversity of Notre Dame Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-268-02238-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Scott's Reformations ""; ""Chapter 2: The "Morning Star" Of The Reformation ""; ""Chapter 3: "The Word Of Life Lies Open Before Us"""; ""Chapter 4: Reinventing The Marian Persecutions In Victorian England""; ""Chapter 5: Unnoticed Persecutions ""; ""Chapter 6: Rejecting The Controversial Historical Novel ""; ""Coda""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $a"In Victorian Reformations: Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein analyzes the ways in which Christian novelists across the denominational spectrum laid claim to popular genres--most importantly, the religious historical novel--to narrate the aftershocks of 1829, the year of Catholic Emancipation. Both Protestant and Catholic popular novelists fought over the ramifications of nineteenth-century Catholic toleration for the legacy of the Reformation. But despite the vast textual range of this genre, it remains virtually unknown in literary studies. Victorian Reformations is the first book to analyze how "high" theological and historical debates over the Reformation's significance were popularized through the increasingly profitable venue of Victorian religious fiction. By putting religious apologists and controversialists at center stage, Burstein insists that such fiction--frequently dismissed as overly simplistic or didactic--is essential for our understanding of Victorian popular theology, history, and historical novels. Burstein reads "lost" but once exceptionally popular religious novels--for example, by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Lady Georgiana Fullerton, and Emily Sarah Holt--against the works of such now-canonical figures as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot, while also drawing on material from contemporary sermons, histories, and periodicals. Burstein demonstrates how these novels, which popularized Christian visions of change for a mass readership, call into question our assumptions about the nineteenth-century historical novel. In addition, her research and her conceptual frameworks have the potential to influence broader paradigms in Victorian studies and novel criticism. "In Victorian Reformations, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein persuasively shows how non-canonical Victorian historical novels offer essential insights into the shaping and importance of Victorian religious debates. Informative and well-argued, her book is a significant work for those who are interested in Victorian literature and Victorian religion, as well as the intersection of the two."--Carol Engelhardt Herringer, Wright State University"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aChristian fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aReligion in literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChristianity in literature 606 $aBooks and reading$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aChristian fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aReligion in literature. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChristianity in literature. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a823/.8093823 686 $aLIT004120$aREL053000$aREL010000$2bisacsh 700 $aBurstein$b Miriam Elizabeth$f1971-$01513472 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789200703321 996 $aVictorian reformations$93747977 997 $aUNINA