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Author Henderson, Heather, 1955-

Title The Victorian self : autobiography and Biblical narrative / Heather Henderson
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989

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 W'PONDS  825.08 H49661/V  AVAILABLE
Description x, 205 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Newman's Apologia : autobiography as self-defense -- "That there should be time no longer" : revelation and recurrence in Ruskin's Praeterita -- Rewriting revelation : the autobiographer as idolater in Gosse's Father and son -- Typology and autobiographical fiction : the story of David
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 191-200
Subject Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928. Father and son
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890. Apologia pro vita sua.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Praeterita
SUBJECT Bible -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013818
Subject Authors, English -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Autobiography.
English prose literature -- Psychological aspects.
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- History and criticism.
English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Narration in the Bible.
Self in literature.
Typology (Theology) in literature.
LC no. 89007270
ISBN 0801422949 (alk. paper)