The Mystery Beneath the Real
Subtitle: Theology in the Fiction of George Eliot
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780800634360
Subjects: History; Theology in literature; Religion; England; Eliot, George, 1819-1880; Religion and literature; Religion - Theology; Literary Criticism; History and criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Literature & the Arts; Eliot, George; Christianity - Literature; Religious - General; Religious fiction, English; 1819-1880; 19th century; Eliot, George,
First sentence: The conventional wisdom about George Eliot is that, after her exposure to higher criticism and German theology, she abandoned the fervent evangelical faith of her youth and became a disciple of the 'religion of humanity.'