Research Catalog

Title

The antagonist principle : John Henry Newman and the paradox of personality / Lawrence Poston.

Author

Poston, Lawrence, 1938-

Publication

Charlottesville [Virginia] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

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Details

Description

xiv, 281 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Drawing on biographical, historical, literary, and theological scholarship, this book considers the alternating roles of aggression and self-effacement in Newman's own personality and writing"--

Series Statement

Victorian literature and culture series

Uniform Title

Victorian literature and culture series.

Alternative Title

John Henry Newman and the paradox of personality

Subject

• Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890 > Psychology
• Personality > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Polarity > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Personality in literature
• Polarity in literature
• Catholic converts > England > Biography
• Cardinals > England > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Self and others -- The journey from evangelicalism -- Polarities -- Notes of the church -- Anglican deathbeds -- "A deliverance from the nightmare" -- Building community -- Reconstituting the self -- Oppositions and resolutions -- Afterword.

Call Number

JFE 15-996

ISBN

• 9780813936338
• 0813936330
• 9780813936345 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014013662
• 40024329930

OCLC

880566273

Author

Poston, Lawrence, 1938- author.

Title

The antagonist principle : John Henry Newman and the paradox of personality / Lawrence Poston.

Publisher

Charlottesville [Virginia] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Victorian literature and culture series

Victorian literature and culture series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40024329930

Research Call Number

JFE 15-996