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The World of Mr Casaubon
Britain's Wars of Mythography, 1700-1870
Book • 2018
The World of Mr Casaubon takes as its point of departure the fictional character Mr Casaubon from George Eliot's Middlemarch.
The book delves into the Christian mythographic tradition and the fierce ideological battles over the use of pagan myths to defend Christianity against radical Enlightenment criticism.
It highlights the roles of mythographers, theologians, antiquarians, anthropologists, and archaeologists in this intellectual conflict, particularly in the context of Orientalism and the emerging science of anthropology.
Kidd's work provides a vivid picture of the intellectual world of 18th- and 19th-century Britain and offers new insights into the thematic underpinnings of Middlemarch.
The book delves into the Christian mythographic tradition and the fierce ideological battles over the use of pagan myths to defend Christianity against radical Enlightenment criticism.
It highlights the roles of mythographers, theologians, antiquarians, anthropologists, and archaeologists in this intellectual conflict, particularly in the context of Orientalism and the emerging science of anthropology.
Kidd's work provides a vivid picture of the intellectual world of 18th- and 19th-century Britain and offers new insights into the thematic underpinnings of Middlemarch.
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