An Accidental Pope : Essays on Frederick Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baumgartner, Frederic J., contributor.

Deavel, David P., contributor.

Fumagalli, Luca, contributor.

Healy, Philip, contributor.

Kaye, Richard A., contributor.

Miernik, Miroslaw Aleksander, editor.

Series:

Politics, Literature, & Film.

Politics, Literature, & Film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics in literature.

Religion in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This collection offers insight into the political, religious, and literary themes in Frederick Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh. This includes the Catholic Church's political role, its doctrines in the early 20th century, the interplay of individualism and conservatism, and offers new perspectives on the novel's genre and its place in literary history.

Contents:

Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Rolfe and the Scots College Revisited: Literary Appropriation and Anticipation Philip Healy (Oxford University, UK) 2. Ridiculous Sublime Decadence: Frederick Rolfe and the Queer Comedy of Aristocratic Detachment Richard A. Kaye (City University of New York, USA) 3. Frederick Rolfe and the Papal Conclave Frederic J. Baumgartner (retired, American Catholic Historical Association and professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, USA) 4. Succeeding Leo: Hadrian the Seventh as Catholic Social Thinking David P. Deavel (University of St. Thomas, USA) 5. George Arthur Rose's "Individualistic Altruism" in Frederick Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh Miroslaw Aleksander Miernik (University of Warsaw, Poland) 6. The Thames Flows into the Tiber: Hadrian the Seventh in Italy Luca Fumagalli (Radio Spada, Italy) Appendix 1: A Key to Hadrian the Seventh Robert Scoble (Independent Scholar, Australia) Appendix 2: Memories of Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, Genzano di Roma Miroslaw Aleksander Miernik (University of Warsaw, Poland)

ISBN:

979-82-16-25521-5

979-88-8189-314-9

1-9787-7143-6

9781978771437

OCLC:

1528566167