Reclaiming Myths of Power: Women Writers and the Victorian Spiritual Crisis
Ruth Y. Jenkins
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Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
This work reexamines the Victorian spiritual crisis from the perspective of the period's women writers, exploring the spiritual dimension in their writings. Case studies of the lives and writings of Florence Nightingale, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot provide an in-depth analysis of the relationship between these crises and narrative strategies that reappropriate the conservative power associated with religious symbolism.
This work reexamines the Victorian spiritual crisis from the perspective of the period's women writers, exploring the spiritual dimension in their writings. Case studies of the lives and writings of Florence Nightingale, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot provide an in-depth analysis of the relationship between these crises and narrative strategies that reappropriate the conservative power associated with religious symbolism.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611480771
SKU
V9781611480771
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