Roman Catholic saints and early Victorian literature : conservatism, liberalism, and the emergence of secular culture / Devon Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Devon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875.

Anglo-Catholicism in literature.

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

English literature.

Saints in literature.

Religion and literature--England--History--19th century.

Religion and literature.

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

Protestantism and literature.

Secularism--England--History--19th century.

Secularism.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

England--Religion--19th century.

England.

Religion.

Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890--Knowledge and learning--Hagiography.

Newman, John Henry.

Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890.

Hagiography.

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875--Criticism and interpretation.

Kingsley, Charles.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892--Criticism and interpretation.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Summary:

Fisher (Lenoir-Rhyne U.) has compiled a fascinating book explaining representations of Roman Catholic saints in Victorian literature in order to study the relationship between conservative thought and liberalism, and the emergence of secular culture during the Victorian Era, 1837-1901. The book explores travel narratives, works by Tractarians, Charles Kingsley, and Alfred Tennyson's poetry. The contents cover foreign saints, Catholic saints, Protestant saints, and civic saints. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409431145

1409431142

9781409431152

1409431150

OCLC:

760068614