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Dickens and the Bible: 'What Providence Meant'

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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At a time when biblical authority was under challenge from the Higher Criticism and evolutionary science, 'what providence meant' was the most keenly contested of questions. This book takes up the controversial subject of Dickens and religion, and offers a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary area of religion and literature. In a close study of major novels, it argues that networks of biblical allusion reveal the Judeo-Christian grand narrative as key to his development as a writer, and as the ontological ground on which he stands to appeal to 'the conscience of a Christian people'. Engaging the biblical narrative in dialogue with other contemporary narratives that concern themselves with origins, destinations, and hermeneutic decipherments, the inimitable Dickens affirms the Bible's still-active role in popular culture. The providential thinking of two twentieth-century theorists, Bakhtin and Ricoeur, sheds light on an exploration of Dickens's narrative theology.
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  • Author

    Jennifer Gribble

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    December 2020

  • Weight

    409g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780367508654

  • ISBN-10

    0367508656

  • Eden Code

    5308515

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