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The Search For God: Virginia Woolf And Caroline Emelia Stephen, Kathleen A. Heininge
The Search For God: Virginia Woolf And Caroline Emelia Stephen, Kathleen A. Heininge
Faculty Publications - Department of English
As a Modernist follower of radical individualism, Virginia Woolf is thought to be antipathetic to religious thought; Woolf’s own spirituality, however, is certainly more complicated than most critics have allowed, especially in light of the influence of her aunt, Caroline Emelia Stephen, a well-known Quaker mystic and writer who rejected the established church in favor of a less traditional version of Christianity. The intellectual relationship between niece and aunt has been little discussed; aside from Jane Marcus’s “The Niece of a Nun: Caroline Stephen and the Cloistered Imagination” and Alison Lewis’s “A Quaker Influence on Modern English Literature: Caroline Stephen …
Between God And The Apple: Divinity, Violence And Desire In A.L. Kennedy's 'Original Bliss', Abigail Rine
Between God And The Apple: Divinity, Violence And Desire In A.L. Kennedy's 'Original Bliss', Abigail Rine
Faculty Publications - Department of English
This article investigates how female sexuality and desire can be refigured beyond dynamics of fear and subjugation. By offering a close reading of A.L. Kennedy’s novel Original bliss through the theories of He´le`ne Cixous and Luce Irigaray, this work highlights the relationship between violence and Western religious notions of divinity, sexuality and the female body. Kennedy’s novel portrays, in violent detail, that the way in which the religious dimension has been conceptualised and articulated enforces negative views of female sexuality and justifies violence against the body. Rather than merely confronting the religious denigration of feminine sexuality, however, Kennedy’s novel also …
The Stylistic Achievement Of Mere Christianity, Gary L. Tandy
The Stylistic Achievement Of Mere Christianity, Gary L. Tandy
Faculty Publications - Department of English
No abstract provided.
Schwartz's "C.S. Lewis On The Final Frontier: Science And The Supernatural In The Space Trilogy" - Book Review, Gary L. Tandy
Schwartz's "C.S. Lewis On The Final Frontier: Science And The Supernatural In The Space Trilogy" - Book Review, Gary L. Tandy
Faculty Publications - Department of English
No abstract provided.
Jeanette Winterson's Love Intervention: Rethinking The Future, In "Sex, Gender And Time In Fiction And Culture", Abigail Rine
Jeanette Winterson's Love Intervention: Rethinking The Future, In "Sex, Gender And Time In Fiction And Culture", Abigail Rine
Faculty Publications - Department of English
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Van Leeuwen's "A Sword Between The Sexes? C.S. Lewis And The Gender Debates" - Book Review, Gary L. Tandy
Van Leeuwen's "A Sword Between The Sexes? C.S. Lewis And The Gender Debates" - Book Review, Gary L. Tandy
Faculty Publications - Department of English
No abstract provided.