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No Soft Incense: Barbara Pym and the Church (Paperback)

by Hazel K. Bell (Author), Anna Brown Associates (Author), Barbara Pym Society (Author)
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  • Paperback: 115 pages
  • Publisher: The Barbara Pym Society / HKB Press (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954331664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954331665
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 586,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Green Leaves: The Journal of the Barbara Pym Society, Vol. 10 No. 1, May 2004

All lovers of the novels of Barbara Pym will want it on their bookshelf. ... helpful and enlightening


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... detailed and intensively-researched articles ... it is difficult to read any of these articles without laughing out loud at least once.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid title, splendid book, 29 Mar 2005
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In Barbara Pym's novel *Excellent Women*, Mildred Lathbury muses that Keats' phrase "Nor what soft incense" would be a splendid title for a novel, "Perhaps about a village where there were two rival churches, one High and one Low."

Readers of *No Soft Incense*, this new non-fiction collection of essays subtitled "Barbara Pym and the Church" can be assured that Mildred would approve.

In the Foreword James Runcie points out that there are some seventy-five clergymen in the work of Barbara Pym. Her novels delight and touch the reader with her ironic and gentle wit. The distinguished contributors to this volume offer a perceptive, engrossing and at times humorous elaboration on a variety of topics--from class distinction to church history, and from an exploration of London churches to an analysis of clergy wives. The helpful index gives us clues, with entries that range from Austen, Jane to Victoria, Queen, and from anthropology to wine.

What a good idea to bring together this fascinating variety of essays, an essential addition for Pym fans certainly, and anyone interested in social history, literary criticism or a fine novelist's treatment of a topic dear to her heart.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Exciting New Contribution to Pym's Scholarship, 26 Mar 2005
By Orna Raz (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews
The church in Pym's novels is more than a house of religious worship; it is an entire community, and the center of life for most of the characters. Several of the men in the novels are vicars, and many of the women are either married to clergymen or are related to them. Participating in the religious and social activities of the parish defines the identity of the characters and constitutes much of their social life.

However, until the appearance of "No Soft Incense," Pym's church has not been a subject of much research. "No Soft Incense" is the first book devoted exclusively to the role of the church in Pym's work. This anthology discusses various aspects of the church in Pym's work (Anglo Catholicism, Social Class and the Clergy, Clergy Wives and the Victorian Hymn to name only a few titles from the variety of issues dealt with in this book), and provide a much needed insight to this significant, yet no fully explored,topic.

"No Soft Incense" is a most valuable contribution for Pym's scholars and an enjoyable read for Pym lovers. I highly recommend "No Soft Incense" for both. Hopefully, this ground breaking collection will inspire further research and discussion of the church in Pym's novels.

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