The importance of understanding Dickens's religion to obtain a full appreciation of his achievement has long been admitted; but this is the first critical study of the interaction between Dickens's religious beliefs and his creative imagination throughout his career. The novelist's religious beliefs are a pervasive and deeply felt presence in his works even if they are not always clearly thought out or expressed. Too discreet and humane to be as explicit, or as dull, as most of the professedly religious novelists of his time, Dickens nevertheless suggests in his own way a liberal Protestant belief, shot through with Romantic, transcendental yearnings, which undoubtedly appealed to a very wide range of readers. Dickens's religion is shown to be that of a great popular writer, who created a unique kind of fiction, and a unique relationship with his readers, by the absorption and transformation of less respectable contemporary forms, from fairy-tale and German romance to tract and print. Walder's thoroughly researched and lively book provides students of Dickens and the Victorian period with an original perspective on the novelist's methods and attitudes. He offers a judicious and informed exploration of Dickens's obsessive themes, from the 'fall' of innocence in Pickwick Papers, to the search for a religious 'answer' in Little Dorrit. Each chapter focuses upon the striking congruences revealed between individual novels, or groups of novels, and particular religious themes. The views expressed in Dickens's lesser fiction and non-fiction are drawn on throughout, as are those in the influential contemporary press.
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这本书的语言和结构,给人一种非常扎实、经过深思熟虑的感觉,绝非浮光掠影的泛论。它成功地将看似宏大的宗教哲学议题,拆解成了可供文学分析的具体“砖块”。我尤其赞赏作者对狄更斯私人通信和未发表手稿的引用,这使得我们对作家本人的信仰状态有了更细致的了解,避免了后世评论家对狄更斯进行的过度简化或标签化处理。书中有一部分内容专门探讨了狄更斯对“仁爱(Agape)”和“爱(Eros)”的界限的模糊处理,这在探讨他作品中复杂的人物关系时显得尤为重要,比如在某些涉及情感纠葛的角色身上,宗教规范是如何与个人强烈的、甚至可以说是禁忌的渴望发生冲突的。这种对道德张力的细腻挖掘,让我对狄更斯笔下人物的内心挣扎有了更深层次的共情。阅读这本书的过程,就像是参与了一场高水平的智力对话,它拓宽了我对文学、历史与信仰交叉点的理解,绝对值得所有热爱经典文学的读者细细品味。
评分这本书的叙事节奏把握得非常好,它不像是一本冷冰冰的学术专著,更像是一次由专业导游带领的,对十九世纪英国精神世界的深度漫游。我特别喜欢它在不同章节之间切换视角的方式。有时候,它会像聚焦镜头一样,对某一段具体的圣经引文如何在狄更斯的某个章节中被“挪用”或“反讽”进行细致入微的文本分析;而下一刻,它又会拉远镜头,将狄更斯置于当时激烈的宗教改革运动和非国教(Nonconformist)势力崛起的宏大历史背景中去考察。这种张弛有度的写作风格,极大地丰富了读者的体验。我尤其对其中关于“怜悯”(Charity)在狄更斯作品中的多重解读感到震撼。怜悯,在宗教语境中是美德,但在狄更斯那里,它常常被异化为一种施舍者的优越感,一种维系阶级不平等的工具。书中详尽地展示了狄更斯如何通过讽刺性的语言,剥开“施舍”外衣下的傲慢与控制欲,从而呼唤一种更平等、更具尊严的互助关系。这种对复杂人性的捕捉和对社会潜规则的揭示,使得整本书的价值远超一般的人物研究。
评分作为一名对文学史略知一二的普通读者,我发现这本书提供了一种极为宝贵的“解码钥匙”,让我能够以全新的视角去重读那些熟悉的经典。我一直以为,狄更斯的作品核心是社会阶级矛盾和工业革命的阴影,但读完此书后,我意识到,宗教的迷雾是如何渗透和扭曲了这些矛盾的表象。作者在论证过程中展现出极高的平衡感,他既没有将狄更斯塑造成一个纯粹的反宗教斗士,也没有过度美化他的信仰深度。相反,他描绘了一个在信仰真空或信仰异化中挣扎的作家形象。书中对“审判日”意象的分析尤其精彩,它不再仅仅是末日审判的基督教预言,而是转化为一种社会清算——那些在世间压迫他人者,终将在历史和读者的审判下无所遁形。这种将神学概念世俗化、社会化的处理手法,既保留了宗教的重量感,又使其与狄更斯强烈的现实主义关怀紧密结合,读起来酣畅淋漓,逻辑清晰得令人信服。
评分说实话,初翻此书时,我有些担心它会陷入学术论文的窠臼,充斥着晦涩难懂的宗教术语和理论推导。然而,出乎意料的是,作者采取了一种极其生动、近乎文学批评的笔触来探讨宗教对狄更斯创作的深层影响。最让我印象深刻的是关于“救赎”主题的探讨。书中并未将焦点集中在传统的基督教救赎观上,而是巧妙地将狄更斯作品中的个体转变——比如斯克鲁奇的幡然醒悟,或者皮普对自身虚荣的最终认识——置于社会伦理的框架下进行考察。作者认为,在狄更斯的世界里,真正的“属灵”并非来自于教堂的钟声,而是源于对邻人的具体行动和对社会正义的追求。这种对“行动神学”的强调,完美契合了狄更斯小说中那种强烈的社会责任感。此外,书中对“儿童”与“无辜”概念的分析也极为精彩。儿童在狄更斯的作品中往往象征着未经污染的道德本源,而社会和制度化的宗教,却常常是摧毁这种本源的帮凶。这种细腻的对照和层层递进的论证,让原本抽象的宗教哲学变得触手可及,仿佛狄更斯笔下的每一个受苦的孩子,都在用他们的生命向僵化的教条发出无声的抗议。
评分这本《狄更斯与宗教》的书籍,在我阅读完之后,内心激荡的情绪久久不能平复。它如同一个精巧的万花筒,将维多利亚时代那复杂、矛盾的信仰图景,通过狄更斯那些耳熟能详的故事和人物,一点点地呈现在我的眼前。我尤其欣赏作者对于“伪善”这一主题的深入剖析。我们都知道,狄更斯笔下的很多宗教人物,表面上道貌岸然,口中圣经不离口,行为上却充满了对穷人的冷漠与剥削。这本书没有停留在简单的道德批判层面,而是细致地梳理了当时教会的制度性弊病,以及社会阶层如何利用宗教教义来巩固自身的特权。比如,对于《艰难时世》中那些道义说教者与工厂主的联系,书中给出了极富洞察力的解读,指出这种宗教的“实用主义”如何有效地麻痹了底层民众的反抗意识。作者的文字功底极为扎实,引证的教义和当时的社会文件都非常精准,读起来丝毫没有枯燥感,反而像是在听一位博学的历史学家,用最引人入胜的方式讲述一场跨越了信仰与人性的历史大戏。它让我重新审视那些被我们习惯性贴上“虔诚”标签的形象,思考真正的信仰究竟意味着什么,是外在的仪式,还是内在的慈悲?这本书无疑提供了极佳的思考素材。
评分Dickens was not a religious novelist, nor were any of his novels primarily religious in intention or effect. This distinguishes his work from a third of the novels of his time. He would like to convey his Christian virtue implicitly, which is pretty wise.
评分Dickens was not a religious novelist, nor were any of his novels primarily religious in intention or effect. This distinguishes his work from a third of the novels of his time. He would like to convey his Christian virtue implicitly, which is pretty wise.
评分Dickens was not a religious novelist, nor were any of his novels primarily religious in intention or effect. This distinguishes his work from a third of the novels of his time. He would like to convey his Christian virtue implicitly, which is pretty wise.
评分Dickens was not a religious novelist, nor were any of his novels primarily religious in intention or effect. This distinguishes his work from a third of the novels of his time. He would like to convey his Christian virtue implicitly, which is pretty wise.
评分Dickens was not a religious novelist, nor were any of his novels primarily religious in intention or effect. This distinguishes his work from a third of the novels of his time. He would like to convey his Christian virtue implicitly, which is pretty wise.
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