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Resisting the Marriage Plot - (Studies in Theology and the Arts) by Dalene Joy Fisher (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked.
- About the Author: Dalene Joy Fisher (PhD, University of Kent) is assistant provost, dean, and associate professor of English at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
- 272 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
- Series Name: Studies in Theology and the Arts
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About the Book
Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation.
Book Synopsis
Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation.
Review Quotes
"A refreshing, intelligent, and unexpected study. Through a close reading of a diverse cluster of nineteenth-century women novelists, this book very effectively challenges the conventional idea that Christian faith simply reinforced the subjugation of women, and shows how it could in fact nourish and deepen resistance to a 'Miltonic' mythology of passive female perfection."
"By embedding her interpretation of these authors' works within the complexities of their Christian beliefs, Fisher not only provides insightful analysis of these novels but also draws our attention to an important reality that has often been ignored: Christian truth can be a powerful foundation for female agency."
"Dalene Fisher offers a thoughtful challenge to a strain of feminist criticism that has seen Christianity as necessarily an oppressive force in early nineteenth-century women's lives. In lucid and accessible terms, she argues instead that it was their Christian faith that encouraged four famous female novelists to challenge the traditional marriage plot and women's role within it."
About the Author
Dalene Joy Fisher (PhD, University of Kent) is assistant provost, dean, and associate professor of English at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. She is the coauthor of Academic Writing and the Emerging Scholar.