Mark Rutherford (William Hale White)

Stuart Sim (University of Sunderland)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

Born 1831
Died 1913
Activity 1881-1913

Places

Born in England
Active in England

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Novelist

Other

Literary Critic/ Historian

Resources

Hale White's Works

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Mark Rutherford was the pen-name used by William Hale White for his fictional output, while a critical study of John Bunyan’s work was published under his own. A civil servant for most of his career, he also did some editing and translating, but it was not until his 50s that he began to produce the six novels on which his reputation rests. Bunyan was a major influence on Hale White, who came from Bedford and had family connections to the Bunyan Meeting there. All of the Rutherford novels –

The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford

(1881),

Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance

(1885),

The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane

(1890),

Miriam’s Schooling

(1890),

Catherine Furze

(1893), and

Clara Hopgood

(1896) – bear the mark of a Puritan-nonconformist sensibility, featuring characters wrestling with…

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Citation: Sim, Stuart. "Mark Rutherford (William Hale White)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 February 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14432, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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