Catholic literature and secularisation in France and England, 1880-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Brian Sudlow

• Autore: Sudlow Brian
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.892824
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Catholic authors - History and criticism; French literature - Catholic authors - History and criticism; English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; English literature - 20th century - History and criticism; French literature - 19th century - History and criticism; French literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Catholic literature - History and criticism; Secularism - Great Britain - History; Secularism - France - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Catholic literature and secularisation in France and England, 1880-1914
• ISBN: 1-78170-313-2; 1-84779-408-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465681903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II