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Among the Victorians and Modernists

Strange Gods

Love and Idolatry in the Victorian Novel

Carens, Timothy L.

Strange Gods

Among the Victorians and Modernists

Strange Gods

Love and Idolatry in the Victorian Novel

Among the Victorians and Modernists: Strange Gods

 

Anxiety about adoring humans more than God frequently overshadows and sometimes derails the progress of romance in Victorian novels. By probing this anxiety and its narrative effects, Strange Gods uncovers how a central Protestant belief exerts its influence over stories about love and marriage.

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Beschrijving Among the Victorians and Modernists: Strange Gods

Anxiety about adoring humans more than God frequently overshadows and sometimes derails the progress of romance in Victorian novels. By probing this anxiety and its narrative effects, Strange Gods uncovers how a central Protestant belief exerts its influence over stories about love and marriage.

ISBN
9780367525095
Pagina's
200
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Serie
Among the Victorians and Modernists
NUR
320
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
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Taylor & Francis Ltd

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