The Vocation of Sara Coleridge Authorship and Religion
This book presents a fundamental reassessment of Sara Coleridge. It examines her achievements as an author in the public sphere, and celebrates her interventions in what was a masculine genre of religious polemics. Sara Coleridge the religious author was
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Authorship and Religion
ROBIN SCHOFIELD
The Vocation of Sara Coleridge
Robin Schofield
The Vocation of Sara Coleridge Authorship and Religion
Robin Schofield Oxford, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-70370-1 ISBN 978-3-319-70371-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70371-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017964552 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustation: Brian Jackson / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Preface: The Coleridge Family and the Problem of Names
Previous studies of Sara Coleridge have conveyed the impression that her activities were confined to, and associated with, the private sphere. By contrast, this book presents her as an author active in the public sphere who intervenes decisively in what was a masculine genre of religious polemics. I show Sara Coleridge to have been the peer of such major religious figures as John Henry Newman and F. D. Maurice, and recognized as such in her lifetime. This study aims to make a significant contribution to feminist literary studies, therefore, and to celebrate Sara Coleridge’s radical and subtle subversions of the conventions of patriarchal authorship. Given this feminist viewpoint, and my contention that Sara Coleridge is the most original and innovative critic of the Oxford Movement, my use of her first name may seem incongruous. Like most other contemporary Sara Coleridge critics, I have adopted this practice in the interests of clarity to avoid confusion with her father, a risk which applies especially to a study such as mine
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