Victorian Jesus Jr Seeeley Religion And The Cultural Significance Of Anonymity Hesketh by Hesketh, Ian; Jesus Christ;jesus Christ.; Jesus Christ / In Literature; Seeley, John Robert; Seeley, John Robert; John Robert / Sir / Seeley; John Robert / Sir / Seeley 9781442645776, 1442645776 instant download after payment.

Ecce Homo: A Survey in the Life and Work of Jesus Christ, published anonymously in 1865, alarmed some readers and delighted others by its presentation of a humanitarian view of Christ and early Christian history.Victorian Jesusexplores the relationship between historian J. R. Seeley and his publisher Alexander Macmillan as they sought to keep Seeley's authorship a secret while also trying to exploit the public interest.
Ian Hesketh highlights howEcce Homo's reception encapsulates how Victorians came to terms with rapidly changing religious views in the second half of the nineteenth century. Hesketh critically examines Seeley's career and public image, and the publication and reception of his controversial work. Readers and commentators sought to discover the author's identity in order to uncover the hidden meaning of the book, and this engendered a lively debate about the ethics of anonymous publishing. InVictorian Jesus, Ian Hesketh argues for the centrality of this moment in the history of anonymity in book and periodical publishing throughout the century.