Research Catalog

Masked atheism : Catholicism and the secular Victorian home

Title
  1. Masked atheism : Catholicism and the secular Victorian home / Maria LaMonaca.
Published by
  1. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2008.
Author
  1. LaMonaca, Maria.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request for on-site useRequest scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
FormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberPR468.C3 L36 2008Item locationOff-site

Details

Description
  1. xiii, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Why did the Victorians hate and fear Roman Catholics so much? This question has long preoccupied literary and cultural scholars alike. Masked Atheism: Catholicism and the Secular Victorian Home by Maria LaMonaca begins with the assumption that anti-Catholicism reveals far more about the Victorians than simple theological disagreements or religious prejudice. An analysis of anti-Catholicism exposes a host of anxieties, contradictions, and controversies dividing Great Britain, the world's most powerful nation by the mid-nineteenth century." "LaMonaca situates texts by Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Michael Field, and others against a rich background of discourses about the growing visibility of Anglo and Roman Catholicism in Victorian England. Masked Atheism will contribute a fresh perspective to an ongoing conversation about the significance of Catholicism in Victorian literature and culture."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Catholic Church > In literature
  2. Catholic Church
  3. 1800-1899
  4. Geschichte 1800-1900
  5. Geschichte 1832-1902
  6. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  7. English literature > Women authors > History and criticism
  8. English literature > Protestant authors > History and criticism
  9. English literature > Catholic authors > History and criticism
  10. Anti-Catholicism in literature
  11. Catholic Church and atheism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  12. Families > Religious life > History > Great Britain > 19th century
  13. Secularism in literature
  14. Women and religion > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  15. Catholic Church and atheism
  16. English literature
  17. English literature > Catholic authors
  18. English literature > Protestant authors
  19. English literature > Women authors
  20. Families > Religious life
  21. Literature
  22. Women and religion
  23. Antikatholizismus
  24. Frauenliteratur
  25. Englische Literatur > Katholizismus > Geschichte 19. Jh
  26. Katholizismus > Englische Literatur > Geschichte 19. Jh
  27. Katholizismus
  28. Protestantismus
  29. Säkularismus
  30. Literatur
  31. Englisch
  32. Great Britain
  33. Großbritannien
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Extravagant creature worship: Protestant and Catholic "sermons" on marriage -- "Sick souls": love, guilt, and the Catholic confessional in Victorian women's fiction -- Narratives of female celibacy -- "Hoc est corpus meum": Aurora Leigh, Goblin Market, and transubstantiation -- The "Queen of heaven" or a very confused nun? Our Lady of La Salette, George Eliot, and Victorian anxieties about God -- "Seven years a tiny paradise a making": Michael Fields's domestic piety.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.