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Victorian Reformations : Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
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- Summary
- "In Victorian Reformations: Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein analyzes the ways in which Christian novelists across the denominational spectrum laid claim to popular genres--most importantly, the religious historical novel--to narrate the aftershocks of 1829, the year of Catholic Emancipation. Both Protestant and Catholic popular novelists fought over the ramifications of nineteenth-century Catholic toleration for the legacy of the Reformation. But despite the vast textual range of this genre, it remains virtually unknown in literary studies. Victorian Reformations is the first book to analyze how "high" theological and historical debates over the Reformation's significance were popularized through the increasingly profitable venue of Victorian religious fiction. By putting religious apologists and controversialists at center stage, Burstein insists that such fiction--frequently dismissed as overly simplistic or didactic--is essential for our understanding of Victorian popular theology, history, and historical novels. Burstein reads "lost" but once exceptionally popular religious novels--for example, by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Lady Georgiana Fullerton, and Emily Sarah Holt--against the works of such now-canonical figures as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot, while also drawing on material from contemporary sermons, histories, and periodicals. Burstein demonstrates how these novels, which popularized Christian visions of change for a mass readership, call into question our assumptions about the nineteenth-century historical novel. In addition, her research and her conceptual frameworks have the potential to influence broader paradigms in Victorian studies and novel criticism. "In Victorian Reformations, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein persuasively shows how non-canonical Victorian historical novels offer essential insights into the shaping and importance of Victorian religious debates. Informative and well-argued, her book is a significant work for those who are interested in Victorian literature and Victorian religion, as well as the intersection of the two."--Carol Engelhardt Herringer, Wright State University"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Scott's Reformations ; Chapter 2: The "Morning Star" Of The Reformation ; Chapter 3: "The Word Of Life Lies Open Before Us"; Chapter 4: Reinventing The Marian Persecutions In Victorian England; Chapter 5: Unnoticed Persecutions ; Chapter 6: Rejecting The Controversial Historical Novel ; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780268075934
- Label
- Victorian Reformations : Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900
- Title
- Victorian Reformations
- Title remainder
- Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900
- Statement of responsibility
- Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Christentum
- Christian fiction, English
- Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Christianity in literature
- Christianity in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England
- Englisch
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Historischer Roman
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Catholic
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Protestant
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
- Reformation
- Religion in literature
- Religion in literature
- Historical fiction, English
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Victorian Reformations: Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein analyzes the ways in which Christian novelists across the denominational spectrum laid claim to popular genres--most importantly, the religious historical novel--to narrate the aftershocks of 1829, the year of Catholic Emancipation. Both Protestant and Catholic popular novelists fought over the ramifications of nineteenth-century Catholic toleration for the legacy of the Reformation. But despite the vast textual range of this genre, it remains virtually unknown in literary studies. Victorian Reformations is the first book to analyze how "high" theological and historical debates over the Reformation's significance were popularized through the increasingly profitable venue of Victorian religious fiction. By putting religious apologists and controversialists at center stage, Burstein insists that such fiction--frequently dismissed as overly simplistic or didactic--is essential for our understanding of Victorian popular theology, history, and historical novels. Burstein reads "lost" but once exceptionally popular religious novels--for example, by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Lady Georgiana Fullerton, and Emily Sarah Holt--against the works of such now-canonical figures as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot, while also drawing on material from contemporary sermons, histories, and periodicals. Burstein demonstrates how these novels, which popularized Christian visions of change for a mass readership, call into question our assumptions about the nineteenth-century historical novel. In addition, her research and her conceptual frameworks have the potential to influence broader paradigms in Victorian studies and novel criticism. "In Victorian Reformations, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein persuasively shows how non-canonical Victorian historical novels offer essential insights into the shaping and importance of Victorian religious debates. Informative and well-argued, her book is a significant work for those who are interested in Victorian literature and Victorian religion, as well as the intersection of the two."--Carol Engelhardt Herringer, Wright State University"--
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- Burstein, Miriam Elizabeth
- Dewey number
- 823/.8093823
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR878.R5
- LC item number
- B87 2013
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- non fiction
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Books and reading
- Christianity in literature
- Historical fiction, English
- English fiction
- Religion in literature
- Christian fiction, English
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Books and reading
- Christian fiction, English
- Christianity in literature
- English fiction
- Historical fiction, English
- Religion in literature
- England
- Englisch
- Historischer Roman
- Christentum
- Reformation
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
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- Victorian Reformations : Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Scott's Reformations ; Chapter 2: The "Morning Star" Of The Reformation ; Chapter 3: "The Word Of Life Lies Open Before Us"; Chapter 4: Reinventing The Marian Persecutions In Victorian England; Chapter 5: Unnoticed Persecutions ; Chapter 6: Rejecting The Controversial Historical Novel ; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 869303836
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780268075934
- Lccn
- 2013029850
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- computer
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- System control number
- (OCoLC)869303836
- Label
- Victorian Reformations : Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Scott's Reformations ; Chapter 2: The "Morning Star" Of The Reformation ; Chapter 3: "The Word Of Life Lies Open Before Us"; Chapter 4: Reinventing The Marian Persecutions In Victorian England; Chapter 5: Unnoticed Persecutions ; Chapter 6: Rejecting The Controversial Historical Novel ; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 869303836
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780268075934
- Lccn
- 2013029850
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvpgjpmq
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869303836
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Christentum
- Christian fiction, English
- Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Christianity in literature
- Christianity in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England
- Englisch
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Historischer Roman
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Catholic
- RELIGION -- Christianity | Protestant
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
- Reformation
- Religion in literature
- Religion in literature
- Historical fiction, English
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