Religious themes and contexts in the writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward

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• The origin of Robert Elsmere
• The Crisis of Faith in Mrs. Humphry Ward's Robert Elsmere
• “It is hard, it is bitter” — Robert Elsmere's loss of belief
• “To reconceive the Christ!” — Robert Elsmere's New Brotherhood of Christ
• Unitarianism and Robert Elsmere's new religion
• Dating the Book of Daniel
• Robert Elsmere's deathbed
• Loss of belief and suicide in Ward's Helbeck of Bannisdale
• Eugénie's religious mysticism in Fenwick's Career
• The death of Mary Backhouse
• “There are drawbacks to having a St. Elizabeth for a sister” — Robert Elsmere's Catherine Leyburn

Last modified 1 August 2014