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Puritanism and modernist novels : from moral character to the ethical self
- Title
- Puritanism and modernist novels : from moral character to the ethical self / Lynne W. Hinojosa.
- Author
- Hinojosa, Lynne W., 1966-
- Publication
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- x, 218 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In Puritanism and Modernist Novels: From Moral Character to the Ethical Self, Lynne W. Hinojosa complicates traditional interpretations of the novel and literary modernism as secular developments of modernity by arguing that the British novel tradition is fundamentally shaped by Puritan hermeneutics and Bible-reading practices. This tradition, however, simultaneously works to dismantle the categories associated with social morality and moral character, helping to form "Puritanism" into a fictional stereotype. Hinojosa demonstrates that the novel thus perpetuates a narrative that associates Puritanism with moral and religious confinement, on the one hand, and modern longing with escape, on the other-even as it remains tied to Puritan views of history and the self. Puritanism and Modernist Novels offers new formal and contextual readings of early modernist novels by Oscar Wilde, E. M. Forster, James Joyce, and Ford Madox Ford. Hinojosa demonstrates that, while they long for escape, these authors still question the value of the novelistic narrative of confinement and escape. Bridging modernist and novel studies, Puritanism and Modernist Novels contributes to conversations about secularization and religion in both fields, highlighting the limitations created by the secularization narrative of modernity. "--
- Series Statement
- Literature, religion, and postsecular studies
- Uniform Title
- Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
- Subject
- Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain
- English fiction > History and criticism
- English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism
- Puritan movements in literature
- Christianity and literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts
- English fiction
- English fiction > Irish authors
- Modernism (Literature)
- Roman
- Englisch
- Religiosität
- Identität
- Moderne
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-3163
- ISBN
- 9780814212738 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- 0814212735 (hardback : acid-free paper)
- 9780814293782 (cd)
- 0814293786 (cd)
- LCCN
- 2014027044
- OCLC
- 892879193
- Author
- Hinojosa, Lynne W., 1966-
- Title
- Puritanism and modernist novels : from moral character to the ethical self / Lynne W. Hinojosa.
- Publisher
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Literature, religion, and postsecular studiesLiterature, religion, and postsecular studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-3163