Hypatia

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Hypatia is an 1853 historical novel by Charles Kingsley that dramatizes the life and death of the philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria amid the religious and political turmoil of late Roman Egypt.

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instanceOf historical novel
author Charles Kingsley NERFINISHED
basedOn life of Hypatia of Alexandria
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Alexandrian Christianity
Jewish community in Alexandria
Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
eraOfWork 19th-century literature
featuresCharacter Cyril of Alexandria NERFINISHED
Orestes (Roman governor) NERFINISHED
Philammon NERFINISHED
firstPublicationCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
firstPublicationMedium Fraser's Magazine NERFINISHED
firstPublishedInFormat serial form
genre historical fiction
philosophical novel
religious novel
hasAdaptation Hypatia (film, 1917) NERFINISHED
stage adaptations
hasApproximateLength novel-length work
hasReception criticized for historical inaccuracies
influential in Victorian religious debates
hasSubject Christianization of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Hypatia of Alexandria NERFINISHED
violence and fanaticism
influencedBy Christian apologetics
Victorian Anglicanism
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Victorian literature NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Hypatia of Alexandria NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor controversial religious views
portrayal of conflict between pagan philosophy and Christianity
originalLanguage English
partOf Victorian religious novels
publicationYear 1853
publisher John W. Parker and Son NERFINISHED
setInCountry Roman Egypt NERFINISHED
setInPeriod late Roman Empire
setInPlace Alexandria NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
themes Christianity and paganism
martyrdom
philosophy and faith
political turmoil
religious conflict
timeOfSetting early 5th century

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Charles Kingsley notableWork Hypatia