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Chapter 3. Wishing for Nothing: Emma and the Dissolution
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Unquiet Things 1
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PART I. Reform
- Introduction 33
- Chapter 1. The Power of the Prince: Henry VIII and Henry VIII 37
- Chapter 2. The Melancholy of the Secular 56
- Chapter 3. Wishing for Nothing: Emma and the Dissolution 76
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PART II. Sounding the Quiet
- Introduction 99
- Chapter 4. Coleridge at Sea: ‘‘Kubla Khan’’ and the Invention of Religion 103
- Chapter 5. Hippogriffs in the Library: Realism and Opposition from Hume to Scott 125
- Chapter 6. The Creation of Religious Minorities: Hogg’s Justified Sinner 153
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PART III. After the Secular
- Introduction 181
- Chapter 7. Byron and the Paradox of Reading 187
- Chapter 8. The Constellations of Romantic Religion 205
- Chapter 9. Shelley After Atheism 224
- Epilogue 244
- Notes 247
- Bibliography 295
- Index 315
- Acknowledgments 331
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Unquiet Things 1
-
PART I. Reform
- Introduction 33
- Chapter 1. The Power of the Prince: Henry VIII and Henry VIII 37
- Chapter 2. The Melancholy of the Secular 56
- Chapter 3. Wishing for Nothing: Emma and the Dissolution 76
-
PART II. Sounding the Quiet
- Introduction 99
- Chapter 4. Coleridge at Sea: ‘‘Kubla Khan’’ and the Invention of Religion 103
- Chapter 5. Hippogriffs in the Library: Realism and Opposition from Hume to Scott 125
- Chapter 6. The Creation of Religious Minorities: Hogg’s Justified Sinner 153
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PART III. After the Secular
- Introduction 181
- Chapter 7. Byron and the Paradox of Reading 187
- Chapter 8. The Constellations of Romantic Religion 205
- Chapter 9. Shelley After Atheism 224
- Epilogue 244
- Notes 247
- Bibliography 295
- Index 315
- Acknowledgments 331