Catholic Literature and Secularisation in France and England, 1880-1914:
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sudlow, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
Volltext
Item Description:Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Individual and societal secularisation in France and England; 2 Recovering the porous individual; 3 Thinking and believing; 4 The fragments of secular society; 5 Mending secular fragmentation; 6 Ultimate societal values; 7 Catholic religiosity and the hierarchical Church; 8 Catholic religiosity and the charismatic Church; Concluding reflections; References; Index
This book is the first comparative study of its kind to explore at length the French and English Catholic literary revivals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It compares individual and societal secularisation in France and England and examines how French and English Catholic writers understood and contested secular mores, ideologies and praxis, in the individual, societal and religious domains. It also addresses the extent to which some Catholic writers succumbed to the seduction of secular instincts, even paradoxically in themes which are considered to be emblematic of Cat
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (273 pages)
ISBN:1847794084
9781847794086

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text