Theology and the Victorian Novel - Hardcover

Perkin, J. Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 077353606X ISBN 13: 9780773536067

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Beginning with a wide-ranging introduction that explains why a theological reading of Victorian fiction is both rewarding and timely, Perkin also addresses religion's return to prominence in the twenty-first century, confounding earlier predictions of its imminent demise. Chapters on William Thackeray, Charlotte Brontė, Charlotte Yonge, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy are followed by a concluding discussion of Mary Ward and Walter Pater that relates Pater's Marius the Epicurean to postmodern theology and shows how it remains a religious classic for our own time.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Russell Perkin is professor of English, Saint Mary's University, and the author of A Reception-History of George Eliot's Fiction.

Review:

"Perkin's central thesis, which pushes back against the unexamined secularism of so much modern criticism of Victorian literature, is highly original and very convincing." Stephen Prickett, Regius Professor Emeritus, University of Glasgow and Honorary Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury "Theology and the Victorian Novel is exceptionally well-written: fluent, thoughtful, lucid, modest, and highly readable." Catherine Harland, Queen's University, Ontario

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 077353606X
• ISBN 13: 9780773536067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273