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The Pragmatist And The Aesthete: Late Nineteenth-Century Religion And Theology In Harold Frederic’S The Damnation Of Theron Ware And Ellen Glasgow’S Phases Of An Inferior Planet, Matthew Antonio

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A comparison between Ware, Forbes, and Soulsby from The Damnation of Theron Ware provides a glimpse into one aspect of the theological upheaval of the time. A comparison between Ware, Forbes, and Algarcife, from Phases of an Inferior Planet, however, hearkens forward to the alienation and questioning of identity so much a part of the Twentieth Century. By viewing Ware as a foil for Forbes and Soulsby in tandem with Algarcife, a more complete picture of the transition between nineteenth and twentieth-century religion and theology may be found.

Understanding the encounter between the traditional and the liberal clergy requires …