{"product_id":"virginia-woolf-and-christian-culture","title":"Virginia Woolf And Christian Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReveals Virginia Woolf’s interest in Christianity, its ideas and cultural artefacts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging study demonstrates that Woolf, despite her agnostic upbringing, was profoundly interested in, and knowledgeable about, Christianity as a faith and a socio-political movement. Jane de Gay provides a strongly contextual approach, first revealing the extent of the Christian influences on Woolf’s upbringing, including an analysis of the far-reaching influence of the Clapham Sect, and then drawing attention to the importance of Christianity among Woolf’s friends and associates. It shows that Woolf’s awareness of the ongoing influence of Christian ideas and institutions informed her feminist critique of society in \u003cem\u003eThree Guineas\u003c\/em\u003e. The book sheds new light on works including \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/em\u003e by revealing her fascination with the clergy, the Madonna, churches and cathedrals; her interest in the Bible as artefact and literary text; and her wrestling with questions about salvation and the nature of God. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eReveals the extent of Woolf’s knowledge of Christianity and her interest in it \u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePresents fresh readings of Woolf’s works by throwing light on this neglected aspect of her thought \u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eTakes a strongly contextual approach, looking at Woolf’s engagement with contemporary religious debates\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eReveals the extent of the Christian influences on Woolf’s upbringing, including an analysis of the far-reaching and multi-dimensional influence of the Clapham Sect\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eTakes a wide-ranging and comprehensive approach to the topic, considering the social and political dimensions of religion as well as questions of spirituality and theology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46210112028882,"sku":"9781474454889","price":43.51,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Couverture rigide","offer_id":46210112061650,"sku":"9781474415637","price":157.78,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Livre numérique Kobo","offer_id":46210112094418,"sku":"ead09fca-466f-3022-aa46-abe3f9d94c89","price":31.19,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_45c59914-f2cc-402c-be35-e524e5d6d5f8.jpg?v=1763633843","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/virginia-woolf-and-christian-culture","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}