Charles Kingsley: Faith, Flesh, and Fantasy Contributor(s): Conlin, Jonathan (Editor), Klaver, Jan Marten Ivo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367224917 ISBN-13: 9780367224912 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 19th Century |
Dewey: 823.8 |
LCCN: 2020037448 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (0.95 lbs) 268 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Novelist, poet, Anglican priest, and controversialist, Charles Kingsley (1819-75) epitomizes the bustling Victorian man of faith and letters, a prolific polymath as ready to break a lance with John Henry Newman over Christian doctrine as he was to preach to schoolchildren on the virtues of manly, physical struggle. Kingsley's The Water-Babies and Westward Ho were best-sellers which became classics of children's literature. Kingsley has come to epitomize the Victorian age. On closer inspection, Kingsley is harder to categorize: a socialist who was also an imperialist, a Chartist revolutionary who was Queen Victoria's favourite novelist, a natural theologian who popularized Darwin, a priest who celebrated sex as sacrament. Kingsley only appears straightforward if you consider him one piece at a time. The debates he shaped remain with us today: faith and sexuality, economics and exploitation, race and identity. The aim of this book is to present the whole man: to consider the public crusades for public health alongside the most private fantasies of sexual intercourse; to consider the ardent imperialist alongside the Darwinist. It will be of interest to all students of Victorian studies, as well as of British/Imperial history, church history, and especially the history of science. |