Bedford's Victorian Pilgrim: William Hale White in Context

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 17; p. 156
• Main Author: Bebbington, D W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2013
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature; MacDonald, George (1824-1905); Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

White has been assimilated to the character of Mark Rutherford, the subject of another novel, which has been taken as an accurate transcription of White's experience; and he has been treated as an instance of the shift of many Victorian authors from Christian orthodoxy into honest doubt. New Co...