The lure of Babylon : seven Protestant novelists and Britain's Roman Catholic revival / Michael E. Schiefelbein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiefelbein, Michael E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Christianity and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Christianity and literature.

English fiction--Protestant authors--History and criticism.

Catholic Church--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Protestantism and literature--History--19th century.

Protestantism and literature.

Christian fiction, English--History and criticism.

Christian fiction, English.

Religious fiction, English--History and criticism.

Religious fiction, English.

Catholic Church--In literature.

History.

Protestant authors.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

202 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book explores the effect of Catholicism on the imagination and the fiction of Protestant novelists in England during the decades surrounding Catholic Emancipation (1829) and the reestablishment of the Roman Catholic Church in England (1850). This book examines anti-Catholicism in popular and respected novelists such as Scott and Dickens, showing the secret attraction to Catholicism of staunch anti-Catholic Protestants.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-191) and index.

ISBN:

0865547203

OCLC:

45784225