{"product_id":"victorian-jesus-j-r-seeley-religion-and-the-cultural-significance-of-anonymity-hardback-9781442645776","title":"Victorian Jesus; J.R. Seeley, Religion, and the Cultural Significance of Anonymity (Hardback) 9781442645776","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVictorian Jesus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJ.R. Seeley, Religion, and the Cultural Significance of Anonymity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Hesketh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442645776\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 12 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"…[a] careful and detailed study of the production, promotion, and reception of this mid-century, bestselling work….\"\u003c\/p\u003e - David Finkelstein (University of Edinburgh) (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"The way the chapters on Seeley\u0026amp;#x2019;s anonymity are written is so absorbing that, at times, I could even feel the tension provoked by his concealing the authorship of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo \u003c\/i\u003efrom his family and colleagues. … Hesketh not only deals with the conception of history and its methodology emerging from Seeley\u0026amp;#x2019;s books, but he also concretely shows the entanglement of morality, scientificity, and religious views in nineteenth-century Britain. His book will appeal to historians of the modern period … as well as to cultural and literary scholars interested in book history and in intellectual and religious history; all will find it a very accurate and at the same time captivating study. It could be described as the intersection between the biography of Seeley and the \u0026amp;#x2018;biography\u0026amp;#x2019; of his \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e - Laura Meneghello (Siegen University) (\u003cem\u003eIsis\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"A strength of Ian Hesketh\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus \u003c\/i\u003eis its insightful exploration of the entire phenomenon of anonymous publishing with all its rewards, pitfalls and changing conventions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Timothy Larsen (Wheaton College) (\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an excellent, interesting, and well-written account of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e, nineteenth-century publishing, and a contentious religious milieu. As such, the book will be useful to a variety of scholars…[I]t represents a fine addition to University of Toronto Press\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u0026amp;#x2018;Studies in Book and Print Culture\u0026amp;#x2019; series.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Andrew C. Russell (Bethel University) (Newman Studies Journal) \u003cp\u003e\"Ian Hasketh\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus: J. R. Seeley, Religion, and the Cultural Significance of Anonymity\u003c\/i\u003e is simultaneously a study of Victorian religious debate and a case study in the role of the author and publisher in the Victorian book trade.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Andrea Henderson (SEL Autumn 58 4 Omnibus) \u003cp\u003e\"This book will appeal to historians of the modern period – specifically to historians of religion – as well as to cultural and literary scholars interested in book history and in intellectual and religious history; all will find it a very accurate and at the same time captivating study.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Laura Meneghello, Siegen University (Isis, vol 109:4) \u003cp\u003e\"By firmly grounding an important individual case in its cultural and commercial contexts, \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e marks a substantial advance in the history of Victorian religious publishing, which is still understood more in outline than in the kind of depth that Hesketh offers in this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Joshua Bennett, Christ Church, Oxford (Journal Of Ecclesiastical History, vol 70 no 2, April '19) \u003cp\u003e\"…Hesketh\u0026amp;#x2019;s meticulous synopsis will drive you to read or re-read \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a Seeley-esque mine of detail, but always deftly written. The production of the book is first rate too, with the kabbalistic logo of the Macmillans (beautifully explained inside) resplendent on the dust jacket.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Julian Thompson, Regent's Park Colleg (Notes and Queries, vol 66 no 2, June '19) \u003cp\u003e\"Hesketh has made an important contribution to the intellectual-spiritual history of the Victorian era in a most engaging and perceptive way that is unexpectedly instructive for scholars of nineteenth-century British history today. Altogether an excellent book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - John A. Moses (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Religious History\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Hesketh\u0026amp;#x2019;s unearthing of the forgotten controversy of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e not only recovers this \u0026amp;#x2018;discussion about Christianity and authorial identity\u0026amp;#x2019; but does so in a way that vividly realizes the complexity and urgency of the religious debates that animated the period. The result is an impressive example of historical reconstruction that will be of interest to Victorianists and book historians alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Kimberly Rodda (\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"This monograph makes a substantial contribution to the field of book history, but also offers valuable insights into the impulses of the Victorian Broad Church. Publishing, marketing, reader reception, intellectual history and theology come together in this analysis of Seeley\u0026amp;#x2019;s fraught yet optimistic efforts to transcend the sectarian battle lines of the day.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Joseph Stubenrauch (\u003cem\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcce Homo: A Survey in the Life and Work of Jesus Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, published anonymously in 1865, alarmed some readers and delighted others by its presentation of a humanitarian view of Christ and early Christian history. \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between historian J. R. Seeley and his publisher Alexander Macmillan as they sought to keep Seeley\u0026amp;#x2019;s authorship a secret while also trying to exploit the public interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan Hesketh highlights how \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo'\u003c\/i\u003es reception encapsulates how Victorians came to terms with rapidly changing religious views in the second half of the nineteenth century. Hesketh critically examines Seeley\u0026amp;#x2019;s career and public image, and the publication and reception of his controversial work. Readers and commentators sought to discover the author\u0026amp;#x2019;s identity in order to uncover the hidden meaning of the book, and this engendered a lively debate about the ethics of anonymous publishing. In \u003ci\u003eVictorian Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Ian Hesketh argues for the centrality of this moment in the history of anonymity in book and periodical publishing throughout the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: The Forgotten Story of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Authority and Authorship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: By the Author of \u003ci\u003eEssays on the Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Father and Son\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Victorian Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A Dangerous Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Vomited from the Jaws of Hell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: A Sheep in Wolf\u0026amp;#x2019;s Clothing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Shrewd Conjecture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: White Lies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Behold the Man\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Behold the Historian\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Fulfilling a Promise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: By the Author of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Remembering the Author of \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Anonymous Publishing and Universal History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52713902309656,"sku":"9781442645776","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/victorian-jesus-j-r-seeley-religion-and-the-cultural-significance-of-anonymity-hardback-9781442645776","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}