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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Auteur principal: Fisher, Dalene Joy 1971- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Downers Grove, Illinois ivp Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press [2021]
Dans:Année: 2021
Collection/Revue:Studies in theology and the arts
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Anglais / Roman féminin / Mariage (Motif) / Histoire 1798-1853
Sujets non-standardisés: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 Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
B Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)
B Choix du conjoint
B Publication universitaire
B English fiction 19th century History and criticism
B Women and religion (England) History 19th century
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Résumé:"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"--
Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 248-258
ISBN:0830850716