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The Resource The reader's repentance : women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse, Christine L. Krueger
The reader's repentance : women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse, Christine L. Krueger
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- Summary
- "A woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs," Dr. Johnson pronounced. "It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." The prejudice embodied in this remark has persisted over time, impeding any proper assessment of the female preaching tradition and its role in shaping social and literary discourse. The Reader's Repentance recovers this tradition, and in doing so revises the history of nineteenth-century women's writing. Christine L. Krueger persuasively argues that Evangelical Christianity, by assuming the spiritual equality of women and men and the moral superiority of middle class women, opened a space for the linguistic empowerment of women and fostered the emergence of women orators and writers who, in complex and contradictory ways, became powerful public figures. In the light of unpublished or long out-of-print writing by eighteen and nineteenth century women preachers, Krueger shows how these women drew on religious language to critique forms of male domination, promote female political power, establish communities of women, and, most significantly, feminize social discourse. She traces the legacy of these preachers through the work of writers as diverse as Hannah More, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot - women who, despite political differences, shared an evangelical strategy for placing women's concerns on the social agenda of their time. Documenting and analyzing the tradition of women's preaching as a powerful and distinctly feminist force in the development of nineteenth-century social fiction, The Reader's Repentance reconstitutes a significant chapter in the history of women and culture. This original work will be of interest to students of women's history, literature, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 350 pages
- Contents
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- "Wise and holy women" : the Methodist women preachers
- The community of women of the word
- Mothers in Israel : preachers in the patriarchy
- Speaking in tongues : the rhetoric of the women preachers
- Publishing the word
- Social prophet : Hannah More as political writer
- Preaching fiction : the contribution of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
- The evangelist of reconciliation : Elizabeth Gaskell
- The extraordinary prophet : George Eliot
- Isbn
- 9780226454887
- Label
- The reader's repentance : women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse
- Title
- The reader's repentance
- Title remainder
- women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse
- Statement of responsibility
- Christine L. Krueger
- Subject
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- Predigt
- English fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Great Britain
- Didactic fiction, English
- Literature and society
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- History
- Großbritannien
- Frau
- Englisch
- Preaching in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- 1800 - 1899
- Women clergy -- Great Britain
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Preaching in literature
- Women clergy -- Great Britain
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Social problems in literature
- Roman
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Romanschriftstellerin
- Preaching in literature
- Women clergy
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Preaching in literature
- Predigerin
- Social problems in literature
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Women and literature
- English fiction -- Women authors
- Geschichte (1800-1900)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs," Dr. Johnson pronounced. "It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." The prejudice embodied in this remark has persisted over time, impeding any proper assessment of the female preaching tradition and its role in shaping social and literary discourse. The Reader's Repentance recovers this tradition, and in doing so revises the history of nineteenth-century women's writing. Christine L. Krueger persuasively argues that Evangelical Christianity, by assuming the spiritual equality of women and men and the moral superiority of middle class women, opened a space for the linguistic empowerment of women and fostered the emergence of women orators and writers who, in complex and contradictory ways, became powerful public figures. In the light of unpublished or long out-of-print writing by eighteen and nineteenth century women preachers, Krueger shows how these women drew on religious language to critique forms of male domination, promote female political power, establish communities of women, and, most significantly, feminize social discourse. She traces the legacy of these preachers through the work of writers as diverse as Hannah More, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot - women who, despite political differences, shared an evangelical strategy for placing women's concerns on the social agenda of their time. Documenting and analyzing the tradition of women's preaching as a powerful and distinctly feminist force in the development of nineteenth-century social fiction, The Reader's Repentance reconstitutes a significant chapter in the history of women and culture. This original work will be of interest to students of women's history, literature, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century society
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Krueger, Christine L
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR868.W6
- LC item number
- K78 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- Literature and society
- Women and literature
- English fiction
- Didactic fiction, English
- Social problems in literature
- Women clergy
- Preaching in literature
- Predigerin
- Romanschriftstellerin
- Geschichte (1800-1900)
- Roman
- Predigt
- Frau
- Didactic fiction, English
- English fiction
- English fiction
- Literature and society
- Preaching in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Women and literature
- Women clergy
- Großbritannien
- Englisch
- Great Britain
- Label
- The reader's repentance : women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse, Christine L. Krueger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-341) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Wise and holy women" : the Methodist women preachers -- The community of women of the word -- Mothers in Israel : preachers in the patriarchy -- Speaking in tongues : the rhetoric of the women preachers -- Publishing the word -- Social prophet : Hannah More as political writer -- Preaching fiction : the contribution of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna -- The evangelist of reconciliation : Elizabeth Gaskell -- The extraordinary prophet : George Eliot
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226454887
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 92005418
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)25551827
- (OCoLC)ocm25551827
- Label
- The reader's repentance : women preachers, women writers, and nineteenth-century social discourse, Christine L. Krueger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-341) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Wise and holy women" : the Methodist women preachers -- The community of women of the word -- Mothers in Israel : preachers in the patriarchy -- Speaking in tongues : the rhetoric of the women preachers -- Publishing the word -- Social prophet : Hannah More as political writer -- Preaching fiction : the contribution of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna -- The evangelist of reconciliation : Elizabeth Gaskell -- The extraordinary prophet : George Eliot
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226454887
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 92005418
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)25551827
- (OCoLC)ocm25551827
Subject
- 1800 - 1899
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Didactic fiction, English
- Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Englisch
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Frau
- Geschichte (1800-1900)
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- History
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Preaching in literature
- Preaching in literature
- Preaching in literature
- Preaching in literature
- Predigerin
- Predigt
- Roman
- Romanschriftstellerin
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Social problems in literature
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Women clergy
- Women clergy -- Great Britain
- Women clergy -- Great Britain
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