Missionary cosmopolitanism in nineteenth-century British literature /

"Examines the effects of missionary evangelicalism on cosmopolitanism through the nineteenth-century novel, including works such as Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens's Bleak House, and lesser-known works by Robert Southey and Sydney Owenson"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Werner, Winter Jade (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Series:Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
Subjects:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
Missionaries in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cosmopolitisme dans la littérature.
Missionnaires dans la littérature.
Évangélisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Cosmopolitanism in literature
English fiction
Evangelicalism in literature
Missionaries in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Only True Cosmopolite
  • Chapter 1: The Cosmopolitan Idea in Early Nineteenth-Century Missionary Societies
  • Chapter 2: Robert Southey and the Case for Christian Colonialism
  • Chapter 3: Universal Kinship and Jane Eyre
  • Chapter 4: The Missionary, Luxima, and the Forging of a Post-"Mutiny" Cosmopolitanism
  • Coda: The Afterlives of Missionary Cosmopolitanism
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Series Page

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