Resisting the marriage plot: faith and female agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft

"Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectat...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:  
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fisher, Dalene Joy 1971- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Servicio de pedido Subito: Pedir ahora.
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publicado: Downers Grove, Illinois ivp Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press [2021]
En:Año: 2021
Colección / Revista:Studies in theology and the arts
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Inglés / Novela para / Matrimonio (Motivo) / Historia 1798-1853
Otras palabras clave:B English fiction Women authors History and criticism
B Marriage in literature
B Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)
B Heiratsantrag
B Christianity in literature
B Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
B Women and literature (England) History 19th century
B Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
B Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)
B English fiction 19th century History and criticism
B Women and religion (England) History 19th century
B Publicación universitaria
Acceso en línea: Índice
Texto de la solapa
Literaturverzeichnis
Descripción
Sumario:"Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation"--
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 248-258
ISBN:0830850716