Resisting the marriage plot: faith and female agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft
"Fiction 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 expectat...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Downers Grove, Illinois
ivp Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in theology and the arts
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
English language
/ Women in literature
/ Marriage (Motif)
/ History 1798-1853
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| Further subjects: | B
English fiction
Women authors
History and criticism
B Marriage in literature B Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865) B Christianity in literature B Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797) B Women and literature (England) History 19th century B Marriage proposals B Austen, Jane (1775-1817) B Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855) B Thesis B English fiction 19th century History and criticism B Women and religion (England) History 19th century |
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| Summary: | "Fiction 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 248-258 |
| ISBN: | 0830850716 |