LEADER 03291nam 22006013 450 001 9910795366303321 005 20231110231936.0 010 $a0-8308-5524-6 035 $a(CKB)4950000000280491 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6787903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6787903 035 $a(OCoLC)1281975875 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000280491 100 $a20211214d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aResisting the Marriage Plot $eFaith and Female Agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft 210 1$aWestmont :$cInterVarsity Press,$d2021. 210 4$d©2021. 215 $a1 online resource (253 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in Theology and the Arts 311 $a0-8308-5071-6 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Doing God's Work": Female Heroines in Response to Milton's Eve -- 1 Redeeming "Certain Books": Leveraging the Novel Form -- 2 "Through a Glass Darkly": Mary Wollstonecraft and Christian Agency in The Wrongs of Woman: or, Maria. A Fragment (1798) -- 3 "Fanny, So Odd and So Stupid": Christian Resistance and Rational Change in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (1814) -- 4 "Devotion to Her Earthly Lord": Redemptive Marriage in Anne Brontë's: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) -- 5 "All and Everything": Rebellion, Responsibility, and Redemption in Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth (1853) -- Conclusion "To Attract the Eyes of Men" -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Notes -- Praise for Resisting the Marriage Plot -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright. 330 $aFiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation. 410 0$aStudies in Theology and the Arts 517 $aResisting the Marriage Plot 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMarriage in literature 606 $aWomen and religion$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aChristianity in literature 607 $aEngland$2fast 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMarriage in literature. 615 0$aWomen and religion$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity in literature. 676 $a823/.8099287 700 $aFisher$b Dalene Joy$01549650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795366303321 996 $aResisting the Marriage Plot$93807858 997 $aUNINA