| Description |
1 online resource (x, 287 pages) |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
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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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, Anne, 1820-1849. (OCoLC)fst00033175
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. (OCoLC)fst00035263
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. (OCoLC)fst00031383
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Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Theology in literature.
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Clergy in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Christian fiction, English. (OCoLC)fst00859142
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Christianity and literature. (OCoLC)fst00859681
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Clergy in literature. (OCoLC)fst00864111
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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English fiction -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00910866
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Theology in literature. (OCoLC)fst01149615
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Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Godsdienst.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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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 bk.) |
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9780511002779 (electronic bk.) |
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0511033508 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511033506 (electronic bk.) |
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