“Cap, my little man, be a woman!”
In E.D.E.N. Southworth’s The Hidden Hand, an allusion to the book of Judith points to parallels in its formalist elements—intertextuality, plot features, and genre (comedy)—and in themes—its protagonists’ challenge of gender roles and emphasis on God’s sovereignty. They also share a mixed critical i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2017]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 631-655 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament KBF British Isles TJ Modern history |
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E.D.E.N. Southworth
B SOUTHWORTH, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899 B JUDITH (Biblical figure) B Intertextuality B Bible. Old Testament B The Hidden Hand B GENDER role in literature B Gender B PROVIDENCE & government of God B Book of Judith B HIDDEN Hand, The (Book) |
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| Summary: | In E.D.E.N. Southworth’s The Hidden Hand, an allusion to the book of Judith points to parallels in its formalist elements—intertextuality, plot features, and genre (comedy)—and in themes—its protagonists’ challenge of gender roles and emphasis on God’s sovereignty. They also share a mixed critical interpretation. The similarities are tempered by Southworth’s rejection of Old Testament-style violence and her New Testament belief in the possibility of redemption for all souls. The resulting tensions manifest in ambiguities that correlate with feminist theologians’ disparate interpretations of Judith, particularly those that note a spiritual progression from Judith to Mary that moves from “righteous” violence to acts of peace. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117692812 |