Resisting the Marriage Plot : : Faith and Female Agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft.

Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations...

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Superior document:Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
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Place / Publishing House:Westmont : : InterVarsity Press,, 2021.
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Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 pages)
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Summary:Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation.
ISBN:9780830855247
9780830850716
Hierarchical level:Monograph