Title The Brontës and religion / Marianne Thormählen

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (x, 287 pages) 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index Notes Print version record Subject Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Religion Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 -- Religion Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 -- Religion Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. SUBJECT Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 fast Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 fast Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 fast Subject Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism Theology in literature. Clergy in literature. English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Women authors Christian fiction, English Christianity and literature Clergy in literature English fiction English fiction -- Women authors Religion Theology in literature Women and literature Godsdienst. England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511002777 9780511002779 0511033508 9780511033506 0511150032 9780511150036

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