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England's Secular Scripture - Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic (Hardcover, New)
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England's Secular Scripture - Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic (Hardcover, New)
Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature
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By outlining Protestantism and Englishness in early-modern
literature to the present-day, this study reveals how other
religious identities can be alienated in British society.
"England's Secular Scripture" seeks to trace English Islamophobia
to its roots in England's Protestant past, and more specifically to
its aesthetic and literary rooting in Protestant values. Carruthers
argues that English antagonism towards Islam lies in part in the
formation of English identities in early modern Reformation
Protestantism. The book traces the transposing, and secularizing,
of Reformation doctrines into a 'Protestant aesthetic'; of
simplicity, individualism, and rationalism in the literature of
Spenser and Milton. Wordsworth, Hardy, Eliot and Orwell, among
others, perpetuate this aesthetic, one that continues to shape
English mythologies up to the present day. Carruthers sheds light
on contemporary Islamophobia, helping us to understand that
Englishness is not merely a secular identity (combating what is
seen as an irrational fundamentalist identity), but one informed,
paradoxically, by Protestant logic and history. This series aims to
showcase new work at the forefront of religion and literature
through short studies written by leading and rising scholars in the
field. Books will pursue a variety of theoretical approaches as
they engage with writing from different religious and literary
traditions. Collectively, the series will offer a timely critical
intervention to the interdisciplinary crossover between religion
and literature, speaking to wider contemporary interests and
mapping out new directions for the field in the early twenty-first
century.
General
Imprint: |
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
New Directions in Religion and Literature |
Release date: |
October 2011 |
First published: |
October 2011 |
Authors: |
Jo Carruthers
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
160 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8264-3913-0 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
English
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Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-8264-3913-6 |
Barcode: |
9780826439130 |
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