Gibson, Richard Hughes,

Forgiveness in Victorian literature : grammar, narrative, and community / Richard Hughes Gibson. - xiv, 169 pages ; 23 cm. - New directions in religion and literature . - New directions in religion and literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index.

Introduction. Grammar, narrative, and continuity -- Dickens and forgiveness in 1846 : liberality and liability -- Forgiving in community : Trollope's The Vicar of Bullhampton and Eliot's Adam Bede -- Forgiving in the nineties : Hardy's Jude the Obscure and Wilde's De Profundis.

"Traces how eminent writers--including Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy, and Oscar Wilde--wrestled with the religious and social meanings of forgiveness in an age of theological controversy and increasing ethical pluralism."--

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English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Forgiveness in literature.

PR 871 / .G53 2015