Until now, the female missionary has appeared to be absent from 19th century literature. This book provides new readings of texts such as Charlotte Brontëâ s Jane Eyre to reveal the presence of the female missionary in 19th century writing, arguing that the character influenced cultural debates about religion, gender and domesticity
Until now, the female missionary has appeared to be absent from 19th century literature. This book provides new readings of texts such as Charlotte Brontëâ s Jane Eyre to reveal the presence of the female missionary in 19th century writing, arguing that the character influenced cultural debates about religion, gender and domesticity
Angharad Eyre currently teaches in the English Department at Queen Mary University of London and lives in the city with her husband and two small children.
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List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Prologue - Ann Judson and Harriet Newell: Immortalising the Female Missionary Part I: 1830-1870 1. Tales of Female Missionary Sacrifice: Tracts, Collective Biographies and Newsletters 2. Missionary Self-Sacrifice in the Domestic Sphere: The Tracts and Novels of Martha Sherwood, Hesba Stretton and Dinah Craik 3. Novel Approaches to Missionary Sacrifice: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell Part II: 1880-1900 4. Missionaries of the New: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner and Margaret Harkness 5. Women, Religion and Power: University Women's Missionary Writing Conclusion Bibliography Index
List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Prologue - Ann Judson and Harriet Newell: Immortalising the Female Missionary Part I: 1830-1870 1. Tales of Female Missionary Sacrifice: Tracts, Collective Biographies and Newsletters 2. Missionary Self-Sacrifice in the Domestic Sphere: The Tracts and Novels of Martha Sherwood, Hesba Stretton and Dinah Craik 3. Novel Approaches to Missionary Sacrifice: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell Part II: 1880-1900 4. Missionaries of the New: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner and Margaret Harkness 5. Women, Religion and Power: University Women's Missionary Writing Conclusion Bibliography Index
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