Thesis
Writing against theodicy: evil, secular ethics, and Victorian realism
- Alternative title:
- With particular reference to J. A. Froude, A. H. Clough, and George Eliot
- Abstract:
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This thesis contributes to the ongoing work of rethinking the relationship between secularization and literature by exploring the ways in which three mutually influential authors – James Anthony Froude, Arthur Hugh Clough, and George Eliot – struggled with theodicy. The term theodicy describes a response to the problem of evil in which God’s justice is maintained despite the apparent existence of evil. Because theodicy discourse tends to present suffering as reconcilable with divine goodne...
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+ Perry, S
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Balliol College
Role:
Supervisor
+ Small, H
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Merton College
Role:
Examiner
+ Birch, D
Department:
University of Liverpool
Role:
Examiner
Funding
Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-11
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Pollatschek, N
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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