The pen and the cross : Catholicism and English literature, 1850-2000 /

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This incisive and perceptive new book concerns 'Catholic Literature' in Britain since 1850. To many people, Roman Catholicism is culturally foreign and 'other'. And yet some of the most outstanding writers of recent times have been Catholics - often converts, such as Evelyn Waugh...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Griffiths, Richard, 1935-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
Sujets:
1800-1999
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Catholic authors > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Christianity.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Catholic authors
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Section 1. Introduction
  • section 2. The beginnings
  • section 3. The Catholic novel before Greene and Waugh, 1899-1938
  • section 4. Some religious and political attitudes in the period up to 1940
  • section 5. Three outstanding figures
  • section 6. New wine in new bottles : Catholic writers of the late twentieth century.

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