| Description |
1 online resource (x, 287 pages) |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Christian home in early nineteenth-century England: Evangelicalism, Dissent and the Bronte family; Chapter 2: Charlotte Bronte and the Church of Rome; Chapter 3: An undenominational temper; Chapter 4: The Bronte's in the theological landscape of their time; Chapter 5: God and his creation; Chapter 6: Faith and redemption; Chapter 7: This life and the next; Chapter 8: Forgiveness and revenge; Chapter 9: The Christian life; Chapter 10: Clergymen in the Bronte novels; Chapter 11: The enigma of St John Rivers; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Drawing on extensive knowledge of the Anglican church in the 19th century, Marianne Thormählen shows how the Brontës' familiarity with the contemporary debates on doctrinal, ethical and ecclesiastical issues informs their novels |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Knowledge -- Religion
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 -- Knowledge -- Religion
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 -- Knowledge -- Religion
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 fast |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 fast |
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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 fast |
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Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Theology in literature.
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Christianity and literature
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Religion
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Theology in literature
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England
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511118031 |
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9780511118036 |
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9780511048746 |
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0511048742 |
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9786610162109 |
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6610162107 |
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