Ecce Homo: A Survey in the Life and Work of Jesus Christ, published
anonymously in 1865, alarmed some readers and delighted others by
its presentation of a humanitarian view of Christ and early
Christian history. Victorian Jesus explores the relationship
between historian J. R. Seeley and his publisher Alexander
Macmillan as they sought to keep Seeley's authorship a secret while
also trying to exploit the public interest. Ian Hesketh highlights
how Ecce Homo's reception encapsulates how Victorians came to terms
with rapidly changing religious views in the second half of the
nineteenth century. Hesketh critically examines Seeley's career and
public image, and the publication and reception of his
controversial work. Readers and commentators sought to discover the
author's identity in order to uncover the hidden meaning of the
book, and this engendered a lively debate about the ethics of
anonymous publishing. In Victorian Jesus, Ian Hesketh argues for
the centrality of this moment in the history of anonymity in book
and periodical publishing throughout the century.
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