{"product_id":"charles-kingsley-jonathan-conlin-9780367224912","title":"Charles Kingsley: Faith, Flesh, and Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovelist, poet, Anglican priest, and controversialist, Charles Kingsley (1819-75) epitomizes the bustling Victorian man of faith and letters, a prolific polymath as ready to break a lance with John Henry Newman over Christian doctrine as he was to preach to schoolchildren on the virtues of manly, physical struggle. Kingsley's \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Babies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWestward Ho! \u003c\/i\u003ewere best-sellers which became classics of children's literature. Kingsley has come to epitomize the Victorian age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn closer inspection, Kingsley is harder to categorize: a socialist who was also an imperialist, a Chartist revolutionary who was Queen Victoria's favourite novelist, a natural theologian who popularized Darwin, a priest who celebrated sex as sacrament. Kingsley only appears straightforward if you consider him one piece at a time. The debates he shaped remain with us today: faith and sexuality, economics and exploitation, race and identity. The aim of this book is to present the whole man: to consider the public crusades for public health alongside the most private fantasies of sexual intercourse; to consider the ardent imperialist alongside the Darwinist. It will be of interest to all students of Victorian studies, as well as of British\/Imperial history, church history, and especially the history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Conlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367224917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367224912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Jonathan Conlin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086506766591,"sku":"9780367224912","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66eb5c9e-4eff-4620-b229-38bf4cc36d90.jpg?v=1769095062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-kingsley-jonathan-conlin-9780367224912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}