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John Maynard's original and provocative study looks at sexuality and religion as creations of language, in the literary and cultural discourses of Victorian England. Maynard articulates and interprets the strikingly complex and varied ways in which key religious figures placed the relation of sexuality and religion at the centre of their work.

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1. Introduction: the subject somewhat broadly conceived; 2. From Cloister to 'Great Sinful Streets': Arthur Hugh Clough and the Victorian 'Question of Sex'; 3. Sexual Christianity: Charles Kingsley's Via Media; 4. Known and unknown desire: Coventry Patmore's search for eros; 5. Conclusion: Hardy's Jude: disassembling sexuality and religion.

Victorian Discourses on Sexuality and Religion

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/2/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521115339, 978-0521115339
      ISBN10: 0521115337
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Maynard's original and provocative study looks at sexuality and religion as creations of language, in the literary and cultural discourses of Victorian England. Maynard articulates and interprets the strikingly complex and varied ways in which key religious figures placed the relation of sexuality and religion at the centre of their work.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: the subject somewhat broadly conceived; 2. From Cloister to 'Great Sinful Streets': Arthur Hugh Clough and the Victorian 'Question of Sex'; 3. Sexual Christianity: Charles Kingsley's Via Media; 4. Known and unknown desire: Coventry Patmore's search for eros; 5. Conclusion: Hardy's Jude: disassembling sexuality and religion.

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