Jesus in the Victorian Novel: Reimagining Christ

This book tells the story of how nineteenth-century writers turned to the realist novel in order to reimagine Jesus during a century where traditional religious faith appeared increasingly untenable. Re-workings of the canonical Gospels and other projects to demythologize the story of Jesus are frequently treated as projects aiming to secularize and even discredit traditional Christian faith. The novels of Charles Kingsley, George Eliot, Eliza Lynn Linton, and Mary Augusta Ward, however, demonstrate that the work of bringing the Christian tradition of prophet, priest, and king into conversation with a rapidly changing world can at times be a form of authentic faith-even a faith that remains rooted in the Bible and historic Christianity, while simultaneously creating a space that allows traditional understandings of Jesus' identity to evolve.

Author: Jessica Ann Hughes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07/27/2023
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781350278196
ISBN10: 135027819X
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | Religion
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 19th Century

About the Author
Jessica Hughes is Director of Liberal Arts and Assistant Professor of English and Theology at George Fox University, USA.