The Representation and Reappraisal of St. Monica of Hippo in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing
Since she was commemorated as a saint in 387, Monica of Hippo has come to represent ideals of motherhood to successive generations. This article considers how three nineteenth-century women writers—Anna Jameson, Christina Rossetti, and Harriet Beecher Stowe—engage with this legacy to offer new ways...
Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2020]
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Christianity & literature
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IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCD Hagiography; saints NBE Anthropology |
Further subjects: | B
Anna Jameson
B St. Augustine B Harriet Beecher Stowe B Monica of Hippo B Feminist Theology B Christina Rossetti |
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Summary: | Since she was commemorated as a saint in 387, Monica of Hippo has come to represent ideals of motherhood to successive generations. This article considers how three nineteenth-century women writers—Anna Jameson, Christina Rossetti, and Harriet Beecher Stowe—engage with this legacy to offer new ways of imagining the empowering social potential of faith. In my analysis, I indicate how they contribute to the Incarnation-inflected discourse of the second half of the nineteenth century and provide a helpful backdrop to understanding recent feminist appraisals of Augustine. |
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ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0065 |