The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it. First published in 1980, this study demonstrates how biblical typology, an apparently arcane interpretative mode, had profound effects on the secular culture of the Victorian age: its art, literature and thought. George Landow considers the way in which the average English believer learned to read their Bible in terms of the types and shadows of Christ, the various ways in which Victorian poetry and hymns employed certain imagery, and the use of typological symbolism in narrative poetry, prose fiction, dramatic monologue and non-fiction. In a concluding chapter, he investigates the particularly complex, and often ironic, combinations of typological image and typological structure.
| ISBN: | 9781138796171 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2015 |
| Author: | George P Landow |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 290 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
European history Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Religion: general Christianity Poetry |
The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it. First published in 1980, this study demonstrates how biblical typology, an apparently arcane interpretative mode, had profound effects on the secular culture of the Victorian age: its art, literature and thought. George Landow considers the way in which the average English believer learned to read their Bible in terms of the types and shadows of Christ, the various ways in which Victorian poetry and hymns employed certain imagery, and the use of typological symbolism in narrative poetry, prose fiction, dramatic monologue and non-fiction. In a concluding chapter, he investigates the particularly complex, and often ironic, combinations of typological image and typological structure.
Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows features in the following genres: European history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Religion: general, Christianity, Poetry
Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows is available in Paperback
Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows was written by George P Landow and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows has 290 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Revivals series
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