The Apostle of the Flesh: A Critical Life of Charles Kingsley

707 Pages·2006·2.92 MB·English

by  Jan Klaver

THE APOSTLE OF THE FLESH
A CRITICAL LIFE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY
BRILL’S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J.Vanderjagt, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
C.S. Celenza, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
M. Colish, Oberlin College
J.I. Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
J.D. North, University of Groningen
W. Otten, Utrecht University
VOLUME140

Charles Kingsley
THE APOSTLE OF THE FLESH
A CRITICAL LIFE OF
CHARLES KINGSLEY
BY
J.M.I. KLAVER
BRILL
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2006
Cover illustration: Drawing by Linley Sambourne
(The Water-Babies, Macmillan, 1886).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Klaver, J. M. I.
The apostle of the flesh : a critical life of Charles Kingsley / by J.M.I. Klaver.
p. cm. — (Brill’s studies in intellectual history, ISSN 0920-8607 ; v. 140)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-15128-1 (alk. paper)
1. Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875. 2. Authors, English—19th century—Biography. I.
Title. II. Series.
PR4843K57 2006
823’.8—dc22
[B]
2005058235
ISSN 0920-8607
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ISBN-10:90-04-15128-1
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ...................................................................... xi
List of Abbreviations .................................................................. xiii
List of Illustrations ...................................................................... xvii
Introduction ................................................................................ 1
THE DEVIL AND THE FLESH
Chapter One Semi-Sensual Delights of Ear and Eye
(1819–1838) ............................................................................ 9
Chapter Two Noble Courts and Cloisters and Bold,
Bedizened Women (1838–1842) ............................................ 35
Chapter Three Making of the Debauchee a Preacher of
Purity and Holiness (1842–1843) .......................................... 56
Chapter Four Who Can Tell Whither the Wind May
Waft Its Seeds When the Crop Is Ripe? (1844–1845) ...... 85
Chapter Five What Right Have I to Arrogate Christ’s
Bride-Bed? (1846–1847) .......................................................... 107
CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
Chapter Six The Flag and the Horns (1848) ........................ 131
Chapter Seven Addle Brain, Hoggish Life, and the Wild
Longing to Do Something (1849) ........................................ 169
Chapter Eight Red-hot Shot Against the Devil’s
Dung-heap (1850) .................................................................. 201
Chapter Nine What Are We To Do With the Christian
Socialists? (January–June 1851) ............................................ 233
Chapter Ten He Bade Her Change Her Nun’s Dress
(July–December 1851) ............................................................ 271