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Author:
Fisher, Devon.
Title:
Roman Catholic saints and early Victorian literature : conservatism, liberalism, and the emergence of secular culture / Devon Fisher.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
viii, 184 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Anglo-Catholicism in literature.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Saints in literature.
Religion and literature--England--History--19th century.
Protestantism and literature--England--History--19th century.
Secularism--England--History--19th century.
England--Religion--19th century.
Newman, John Henry,--1801-1890--Hagiography.--Hagiography.
Kingsley, Charles,--1819-1875--Criticism and interpretation.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson,--Baron,--1809-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The rise of the individual -- Secularism -- Ambiguities -- The liberalism of Victorian conservatism -- Foreign saints. Defining travel; Reclaiming Italy; Resonances -- Catholic saints. The crisis over private judgment; Publication of the lives; Lives of the English saints; The aftermath : development and Catholicism -- Protestant saints. The saint's tragedy and Protestant individualism; Yeast and Alton Locke; The saints, sacramental history, and Kingsley's social vision; The problem of authority; Finishing his own history; Civic saints. Private memory and mediation; The remains of Arthur Hallam; Chaff and draff, much better burnt; The canonization of Arthur Hallam; Spurring the imitative will; From Hallam to Hallam -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
1409431150 (ebook)
9781409431152 (ebook)
1409431142 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409431145 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)760068614
LCCN:
2011042300
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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