{"product_id":"a-victorian-curate-david-yeandle-9781800641525","title":"A Victorian Curate: A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rev. Dr John Hunt (1827-1907) was not a typical clergyman in the Victorian Church of England. He was Scottish, of lowly birth, and lacking both social connections and private means. He was also a witty and fluent intellectual, whose publications stood alongside the most eminent of his peers during a period when theology was being redefined in the light of Darwin's \u003cem\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/em\u003e and other radical scientific advances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunt attracted notoriety and conflict as well as admiration and respect: he was the subject of articles in \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e and in the wider press concerning his clandestine dissection of a foetus in the crypt of a City church, while his \u003cem\u003eEssay on Pantheism\u003c\/em\u003e was proscribed by the Roman Catholic Church. He had many skirmishes with incumbents, both evangelical and catholic, and was dismissed from several of his curacies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses his career in London and St Ives (Cambs.) through the lens of his autobiographical narrative, \u003cem\u003eClergymen Made Scarce\u003c\/em\u003e (1867). David Yeandle has examined a little-known copy of the text that includes manuscript annotations by Eliza Hunt, the wife of the author, which offer unique insight into the many anonymous and pseudonymous references in the text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Victorian Curate: A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt \u003c\/em\u003eis an absorbing personal account of the corruption and turmoil in the Church of England at this time. It will appeal to anyone interested in this history, the relationship between science and religion in the nineteenth century, or the role of the curate in Victorian England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Yeandle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800641524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800641525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d","brand":"David Yeandle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459625922815,"sku":"9781800641525","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_149420f4-06ea-48fc-bbad-93c56fff3503.jpg?v=1777410873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-victorian-curate-david-yeandle-9781800641525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}