“Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”

This article focuses on F. D. Maurice’s contribution to the development of Christian Socialism from a literary point of view by analysing the way his social readjustment of the doctrine of the Incarnation is reflected in his lectures on Shakespeare, first at King’s College and later at the Working M...

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Main Author: Marta CEREZO
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/14253
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description This article focuses on F. D. Maurice’s contribution to the development of Christian Socialism from a literary point of view by analysing the way his social readjustment of the doctrine of the Incarnation is reflected in his lectures on Shakespeare, first at King’s College and later at the Working Men’s College. To analyse this until now unexplored issue, the following paper will first focus on the underlying social principles of Maurice’s theology of the Incarnation; second, on the main lines supporting his educational method as a national and providentialist enterprise, and on how Maurice perceived English literature as essential in that national educational scheme; and third, on how his emphasis on the earthly, social, and material nature of the Incarnation, on a Godly order ruling society and the resulting notion of divine revelation and progress reveal themselves in his teaching of Shakespeare’s drama, especially of his history plays.
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“Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
E-REA
Shakespeare
F. D. Maurice
Christian Socialism
Incarnation
history plays
Working Men’s College
title “Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
title_full “Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
title_fullStr “Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
title_full_unstemmed “Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
title_short “Christian Socialism and English Literature: Frederick Denison Maurice's Teaching of Shakespeare”
title_sort christian socialism and english literature frederick denison maurice s teaching of shakespeare
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F. D. Maurice
Christian Socialism
Incarnation
history plays
Working Men’s College
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