1st Edition
Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature Conservatism, Liberalism, and the Emergence of Secular Culture
By Devon Fisher
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering readings of nineteenth-century travel narratives, works by Tractarians, the early writings of Charles Kingsley, and the poetry of Alfred Tennyson, Devon Fisher examines representations of Roman Catholic saints in Victorian literature to assess both the relationship between conservative thought and liberalism and the emergence of secular culture during the period. The run-up to Victoria's... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Foreign Saints; Chapter 2 Catholic Saints; Chapter 3 Protestant Saints; Chapter 4 Civic Saints; Chapter 5; Conclusion: Wellington;
Biography
Devon Fisher is Assistant Professor of English at Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA.
'Devon Fisher’s Roman Catholic Saints and Early Victorian Literature is an intelligent and rewarding discussion of a previously overlooked but obviously central preoccupation of conservative early Victorian writers.' Cithara: Essays in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition
