Esther Summerson's Biblical Judgment: Queen Esther and the Fallen Woman in "Bleak House"
In literary criticism to date, intertextual invocation of the biblical Queen Esther in the Victorian novel has been explained as one that invokes "womanly virtue." By drawing on the meanings that had accumulated around the name "Esther" in the Victorian period, this article argue...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Religion & literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 71-93 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
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/ History 1837-1901
/ Literature
/ Esther Biblical character
/ Dickens, Charles 1812-1870, Bleak House
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles |
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CARRUTHERS, Jo
B ESTHER (Book) B ESTHER, Queen of Persia B JUDGMENTS (Law) B PROTAGONISTS (Persons) B VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901 B Illegitimacy |
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