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Church, City, and Labyrinth in Brontë, Dickens, Hardy, and Butor

Church, City, and Labyrinth in Brontë, Dickens, Hardy, and Butor

Thomas, Marilyn

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Series: American University Studies, Book 50

Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0820420581
ISBN13: 9780820420585
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Aug 1 1993
Pages: 147
Language: English
Historically city and church have a common origin in the mythic labyrinth - tortuous, walled passageways enclosing a space considered sacred to the demigod. Gradually both concept and fact changed. By the end of the nineteenth century the city is perceived as a labyrinth, but labyrinth as a place of confusion and chaos instead of order. Man, the builder of cities to transcend the profane, becomes man, the demon who is trapped in his own creation. Brontë, Dickens, and Hardy, whose novels span the nineteenth century, and Butor, who presents a culminating expression of the theme on the twentieth century, portray the changing relationship of church and city.

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