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Masked atheism : Catholicism and the secular Victorian home
- Title
- Masked atheism : Catholicism and the secular Victorian home / Maria LaMonaca.
- Author
- LaMonaca, Maria.
- Publication
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR468.C3 L36 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Why did the Victorians hate and fear Roman Catholics so much? This question has long preoccupied literary and cultural scholars alike. Masked Atheism: Catholicism and the Secular Victorian Home by Maria LaMonaca begins with the assumption that anti-Catholicism reveals far more about the Victorians than simple theological disagreements or religious prejudice. An analysis of anti-Catholicism exposes a host of anxieties, contradictions, and controversies dividing Great Britain, the world's most powerful nation by the mid-nineteenth century." "LaMonaca situates texts by Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Michael Field, and others against a rich background of discourses about the growing visibility of Anglo and Roman Catholicism in Victorian England. Masked Atheism will contribute a fresh perspective to an ongoing conversation about the significance of Catholicism in Victorian literature and culture."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Catholic Church > In literature
- Catholic Church
- 1800-1899
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- Geschichte 1832-1902
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- English literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- English literature > Protestant authors > History and criticism
- English literature > Catholic authors > History and criticism
- Anti-Catholicism in literature
- Catholic Church and atheism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Families > Religious life > History > Great Britain > 19th century
- Secularism in literature
- Women and religion > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Catholic Church and atheism
- English literature
- English literature > Catholic authors
- English literature > Protestant authors
- English literature > Women authors
- Families > Religious life
- Literature
- Women and religion
- Antikatholizismus
- Frauenliteratur
- Englische Literatur > Katholizismus > Geschichte 19. Jh
- Katholizismus > Englische Literatur > Geschichte 19. Jh
- Katholizismus
- Protestantismus
- Säkularismus
- Literatur
- Englisch
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
- Contents
- Extravagant creature worship: Protestant and Catholic "sermons" on marriage -- "Sick souls": love, guilt, and the Catholic confessional in Victorian women's fiction -- Narratives of female celibacy -- "Hoc est corpus meum": Aurora Leigh, Goblin Market, and transubstantiation -- The "Queen of heaven" or a very confused nun? Our Lady of La Salette, George Eliot, and Victorian anxieties about God -- "Seven years a tiny paradise a making": Michael Fields's domestic piety.
- ISBN
- 9780814210840
- 0814210848
- LCCN
- 2007039397
- OCLC
- ocn173640846
- 173640846
- SCSB-1478142
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library