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The lure of Babylon : seven Protestant novelists and Britain's Roman Catholic revival
- Title
- The lure of Babylon : seven Protestant novelists and Britain's Roman Catholic revival / by Michael E. Schiefelbein.
- Author
- Schiefelbein, Michael E.
- Publication
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR868.R5 S35 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 202 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Catholic Church > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Catholic Church > In literature
- Catholic Church
- 1800-1899
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- English fiction > Protestant authors > History and criticism
- Protestantism and literature > History > 19th century
- Christian fiction, English > History and criticism
- Religious fiction, English > History and criticism
- Christian fiction, English
- Christianity and literature
- English fiction
- Literature
- Protestantism and literature
- Religious fiction, English
- Roman
- Katholizismus
- Protestantismus
- Geschichte 1820-1870
- Geschichte 1829-1850
- Great Britain
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-191) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Roman Catholic Revival and the British Cultural Imagination -- Ch. 1. "Unguarded Gaiety:" Catholicism in Walter Scott's The Monastery and The Abbot -- Ch. 2. "The Lessons of True Religion": May Shelley's Tribute to Catholicism in Valperga -- Ch. 3. Little Nell, Catholicism, and Dickens's Investigation of Death -- Ch. 4. "The Shelter of Authority": Frances Trollope's Concession to Catholicism in Father Eustace -- Ch. 5. A Catholic Baptism for Villette's Lucy Snowe -- Ch. 6. "Blighted" by a "Upas-Shadow": Catholicism, Gender, and Sensuality in Westward Ho! -- Ch. 7. Crucifixes and Madonnas: Catholicism and the Validation of Suffering in Romola.
- ISBN
- 0865547203
- 9780865547209
- LCCN
- 2001018332
- OCLC
- ocm45784225
- 45784225
- SCSB-14512888
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library