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Dickens and the Bible - 'What Providence Meant' (Hardcover)
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Dickens and the Bible - 'What Providence Meant' (Hardcover)
Series: The Nineteenth Century Series
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At a time when biblical authority was under challenge from the
Higher Criticism and evolutionary science, 'what providence meant'
was the most keenly contested of questions. This book takes up the
controversial subject of Dickens and religion, and offers a
significant contribution to the interdisciplinary area of religion
and literature. In a close study of major novels, it argues that
networks of biblical allusion reveal the Judeo-Christian grand
narrative as key to his development as a writer, and as the
ontological ground on which he stands to appeal to 'the conscience
of a Christian people'. Engaging the biblical narrative in dialogue
with other contemporary narratives that concern themselves with
origins, destinations, and hermeneutic decipherments, the
inimitable Dickens affirms the Bible's still-active role in popular
culture. The providential thinking of two twentieth-century
theorists, Bakhtin and Ricoeur, sheds light on an exploration of
Dickens's narrative theology.
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