Victorian conversion narratives and reading communities
Because Victorian authors rarely discuss conversion experiences separately from the modes in which they are narrated, Emily Walker Heady argues that the conversion narrative became, in effect, a form of literary criticism. Literary conventions, in turn, served the reciprocal function as a means of d...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Farnham [u.a.]
Ashgate
[2013]
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| In: | Jahr: 2013 |
| Rezensionen: | Victorian Conversion Narratives and Reading Communities. By Emily Walker Heady (2014) (Gilley, Sheridan, 1945 -)
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Dickens, Charles 1812-1870, Dombey and Son
/ Unterhaltung (Motiv)
B Brontë, Charlotte 1816-1855, Villette / Unterhaltung (Motiv) B Eliot, George 1819-1880, Daniel Deronda / Unterhaltung (Motiv) B Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924, Heart of darkness / Unterhaltung (Motiv) B Englisch / Konversation / Geschichte 1830-1900 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
English fiction 19th century History and criticism
B Conversion in literature B Narration (Rhetoric) History 19th century B English fiction 19th century History and criticism |
| Zusammenfassung: | Because Victorian authors rarely discuss conversion experiences separately from the modes in which they are narrated, Emily Walker Heady argues that the conversion narrative became, in effect, a form of literary criticism. Literary conventions, in turn, served the reciprocal function as a means of discussing the nature of what Heady calls the 'heart-change.' Heady reads canonical authors such as John Henry Newman, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Oscar Wilde through a dual lens of literary history and post-liberal theology. As Heady shows, these authors question the ability of realism to contain the emotionally freighted and often jarring plot lines that characterize conversion. In so doing, they explore the limits of narrative form while also shedding light on the ways in which conversion narratives address and often disrupt the reading communities in which they occur. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 1409453774 |