The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961

The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961
Title The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 PDF eBook
Author Ian Turnbull Ker
Publisher Gracewing Publishing
Pages 252
Release 2003
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780852446256

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A thorough study of the six principal writers of the Catholic revival in English Literature - Newman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene and Waugh. Beginning with Newman's conversion in 1845 and ending with Waugh's completion of the trilogy 'The Sword of Honour' in 1961, this book explores how Catholicism shaped the work of these six prominent writers. Ian Ker is a member of the theology faculty at Oxford University. He is well known as one of the leading authorities on the life and work of Cardinal John Henry Newman.

The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961

The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961
Title The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 PDF eBook
Author Ian Turnbull Ker
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2003
Genre Catholic literature
ISBN 9780268038809

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The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 presents a thorough discussion of the six principal writers of the Catholic revival in English literature--Newman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene, and Waugh. Beginning with Newman's conversion in 1845 and ending with Waugh's completion of the triology The Sword of Honor in 1961, this book explores how Catholicism shaped the work of these six prominent writers. John Henry Newman claimed in The Idea of a University that post-Reformation English literature was overwhelmingly Protestant and that there was no prospect of a Catholic body of literature. Describing this claim as "happily lacking in prescience," Ian Ker persuasively argues that Newman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene, and Waugh succeeded in producing a substantial body of literature written by Catholics who wrote as Catholics. These revivalists were not so much influenced by traditional themes of guilt, sin, and ceremony, as they were attracted to unexpected facets of Catholicism. The idea of a Catholic priest as a craftsman is a recurring motif, as is the celebration of the ordinariness and objectivity of Catholicism. Ker's compelling and intelligent reading of these six major writers will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century English literature, or the relation between literature and theology.

Catholic Literature and Secularisation in France and England, 1880–1914

Catholic Literature and Secularisation in France and England, 1880–1914
Title Catholic Literature and Secularisation in France and England, 1880–1914 PDF eBook
Author Brian Sudlow
Publisher Manchester University Press
Pages 423
Release 2013-07-19
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1847797849

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This book is the first comparative study of its kind to explore at length the French and English Catholic literary revivals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It compares individual and societal secularisation in France and England and examines how French and English Catholic writers understood and contested secular mores, ideologies and praxis, in the individual, societal and religious domains. It also addresses the extent to which some Catholic writers succumbed to the seduction of secular instincts, even paradoxically in themes which are considered to be emblematic of Catholic literature. The breadth of this book will make it a useful guide for students wishing to become familiar with a wide range of such writings in France and England during this period. It will also appeal to researchers interested in Catholic literary and intellectual history in France and England, theologians, philosophers and students of the sociology of religion.

The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature

The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature
Title The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature PDF eBook
Author George Thomas Kurian
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Pages 734
Release 2010-04-16
Genre Religion
ISBN 0810872838

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The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a significant function in history, and teachers and students need to be reminded of this powerful literary legacy. Covering 2,000 years, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this two-volume set also includes 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works. These essays examine the evolution of Christian thought as reflected in the literature of every age. The companion volume also features bibliographies, an index, a timeline of Christian Literature, and a list of the greatest Christian authors. The encyclopedia will appeal not only to scholars and Christian evangelicals, but students and teachers in seminaries and theological schools, as well as to the growing body of Christian readers and bibliophiles.

Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature

Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature
Title Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature PDF eBook
Author Maureen Moran
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Pages 333
Release 2007-01-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1846310709

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Exotic, corrupt, and dangerous, Roman Catholicism functioned in the popular Victorian imagination as a highly sensationalized and implacably anti-English enemy. Maureen Moran’s lively study considers a wide range of key authors—including Charlotte Brontë, Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins, and George Eliot, as well as a number of non-canonical writers—to give a detailed account of the cultural tensions between Catholics and Protestants. Moran shows that rather than representing a traditional religious schism, the demonizing of Catholics resulted from secular fears over crime, sex, and violence.

The Church and Literature

The Church and Literature
Title The Church and Literature PDF eBook
Author Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Pages 532
Release 2012
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0954680995

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A wide-ranging and impressive collection which illuminates the enduring relationship between the Church and literary creation.

British Catholics and Fascism

British Catholics and Fascism
Title British Catholics and Fascism PDF eBook
Author T. Villis
Publisher Springer
Pages 290
Release 2013-02-18
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1137274190

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Drawing substantially on the thoughts and words of Catholic writers and cultural commentators, Villis sheds new light on religious identity and political extremism in early twentieth-century Britain. The book constitutes a comprehensive study of the way in which British Catholic communities reacted to fascism both at home and abroad.