Fears and fascinations : representing Catholicism in the American South / Thomas F. Haddox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Catholic authors--History and criticism.

Catholics--Southern States--Intellectual life.

Catholics.

Christianity and literature--Southern States.

Christianity and literature.

Catholics in literature.

Southern States--Religion--Historiography.

Southern States.

Catholic Church--Southern States--Historiography.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 225 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fears & fascinations

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking at the works of diverse writers as the gens de couleur libre poets of antebellum New Orleans, this book focuses on the shifting and contradictory ways Catholicism has signified within Southern literature and culture. It contributes to a more nuanced understanding of American and Southern literary and cultural history.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Catholic Miscegenations: The Cultural Legacy of Les Cenelles

Chapter 2: Medieval Yearnings: A Catholicism for Whites in Nineteenth-Century Southern Literature

Chapter 3: The Pleasures of Decadence: Catholicism in Kate Chopin, Carson McCullers, and Anne Rice

Chapter 4: Agrarian Catholics: The Catholic Turn in Southern Literature

Chapter 5: Toward Catholicism as Lifestyle: Walker Percy, John Kennedy Toole, and Rebecca Wells

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-4781-3

0-8232-3694-3

0-8232-2523-2

1-4237-9646-2

OCLC:

71010441