Victorian pilgrimage sacred-secular dualism in the novels of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot / M. Joan Chard.
| Author/creator | Chard, M. Joan, 1941- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York Bern : Peter Lang, [2019] |
| Description | 156 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Sacred-secular dualism in the novels of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot |
| Contents | Introduction -- Charlotte Brontë : The way of pilgrimage; The wilderness experience; Redemptive love -- Elizabeth Gaskell: New directions for pilgrimage; "Strong-minded" women; Worlds reconciled -- George Eliot: Religion of humanity; Quest for vocation; Memory and prospect. |
| Abstract | "Victorian Pilgrimage argues that Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot are foremost among nineteenth-century novelists to explore the pilgrimage motif, a major preoccupation of the Victorian imagination. Drawing upon their primary sources of the journey archetype, the King James Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress, and popular hymns, they reveal in their work the significance of the religious impetus, which in their treatment is neither narrowly moralistic nor conformist. Recognizing the radicality of scripture free of its patriarchal bias, they bring a feminine sensibility to their delineation of gender ideologies in romantic and marital relationships as well as to their reformulation of the traditional fictional heroine. Their female protagonists are caught in the struggle between succumbing to the stereotypical ideal of womanhood and attaining authentic selfhood leading to both personal and social transformation. Sharing the conviction that the main dilemma of their times is the separation of sacred from secular, Brontë, Gaskell, and Eliot, each with a distinctive approach to the theme, open up fresh perceptual and relational pathways for pilgrimage." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019017726 |
| ISBN | 9781433162121 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |