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Zusatztext Norman Vance writes with clarity and learning, and with a profound sense and understanding of Victorian literature and religion born of a lifetime of scholarly working in the field. ... This is a book that will be of immense value to both scholars and students of the 19th century, and it makes a significant contribution to the study of literature and theology. Informationen zum Autor Norman Vance is Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at University of Sussex. Klappentext This book explores how the novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Mary Ward, and Rider Haggard acquired greater cultural centrality, just as the authority of the scriptures and of traditional religious teaching seemed to be declining, and offered a new forum for the exploration of religious and moral themes. Zusammenfassung This book explores how the novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Mary Ward, and Rider Haggard acquired greater cultural centrality, just as the authority of the scriptures and of traditional religious teaching seemed to be declining, and offered a new forum for the exploration of religious and moral themes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: God and the Bible, Secularisms and Novels 2: The Authority of the Bible 3: The Crisis of Biblical Authority 4: George Eliot s Secular Scriptures 5: Thomas Hardy: the Church and the Negation of Christianity 6: Mary Ward and the Problems of History 7: Rider Haggard: Adventures with the Numinous 8: Conclusion: Authority, the Novel and God
