F. Elizabeth Gray

Christian and Lyric Tradition in Victorian Women's Poetry (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this study, Gray examines the broadly neglected body of Victorian women's religious verse, showing how women of the period used an array of inventive literary strategies to construct and wield provocative forms of authority. Their deployment of biblical source, trope and genre transfigured Christian and lyric traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135237950
• Artikelnr.: 42976673

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Gray is Senior Lecturer at Massey University, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: "Heirs of more than royal race":
The Inheritance of Victorian Women Religious Poets Chapter 2: "God's
interpreters to the sons of misery": Rewriting Master Narratives Chapter 3:
The Woman in the Scriptures: Models of the Christian Female in Victorian
Women's Poetry Chapter 4: "Accept me Lord, for Thee I own": Women's
Devotional Poetry and the Development of Relationship Chapter 5: Virtue and
Virtuosity: Style in the Victorian Woman's Religious Lyric Conclusion
Appendix A Notes Bibliography Index