Introduction to Religion in the English Novel
Author: | Giffin, Michael |
Year: | 1999 |
Pages: | 304 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-7941-4 978-0-7734-7941-8 |
Price: | $219.95 |
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This is a work of literary criticism that stands within the discipline of Literature and Theology. It will stimulate debate about textuality and interpretation, and the debate about authorial presence-absence in any literary work.
Table of Contents
Table of contents:
Preface
A Great Tradition: the novel of postmetaphysical ideas
I. The Movement from Metaphysics to Psychology: The Nineteenth Century: Mansfield Park; Jane Eyre; Vanity Fair; Great Expectations; Middlemarch; Jude the Obscure
II. Psychology Takes the Linguistic Turn: The Early Twentieth Century: Heart of Darkness; The Rainbow; A Passage to India; The Years; Brighton Rock; The Living and the Dead
III. Language Returns Psychology to Metaphysics: The Late Twentieth Century: The Bell; The Solid Mandala; The Takeover; The Virgin in the Garden; Darkness Visible; Therapy
Firing the Canon
References; Bibliography; Index