Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature 1st Edition by Maureen Moran ISBN 1846310709 9781846310706

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ISBN 10: 1846310709
ISBN 13: 9781846310706
Author: Maureen Moran
 

Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: The Cultural and Religious Contexts

2. The Victorian Crisis of Faith: Catholicism in the Age of Doubt

   • The Catholic Revival in Victorian England
   • Catholicism and the Challenge to Protestant Dominance
   • Religious Tensions and Their Reflection in Literature

3. Sensationalism: The Rise of a Popular Literary Genre

   • Defining Sensationalism: The Blurring of Truth and Fiction
   • Catholic Sensationalism and Its Appeal to a Broad Audience
   • The Role of Sensationalism in Victorian Society

4. The Catholic Sensationalist Imaginary: Fear, Fascination, and the Unknown

   • The Demonization of Catholicism in Protestant Literature
   • Mysticism, Ritual, and the Catholic Church in the Victorian Mind
   • Catholicism as a Source of both Horror and Allure

Part II: Key Authors and Texts

5. The Influence of Catholic Sensationalism in Wilkie Collins

   • The Woman in White and the Catholic Other
   • Catholic Themes in Collins’ Sensational Novels
   • Faith, Identity, and Deception in Collins’ Work

6. Catholicism and Sensationalism in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities

   • Revolutionary France and the Catholic Church in Dickens’ Vision
   • The Role of Sacrifice and Redemption in Dickensian Narratives
   • Catholic Imagery and Symbolism in A Tale of Two Cities

7. The Pre-Raphaelites and the Catholic Revival in Art and Literature

   • The Influence of Catholic Sensuality and Spirituality in Pre-Raphaelite Aesthetics
   • Christina Rossetti’s Catholic Sensibility in Poetry
   • Catholicism and Sensational Imagery in the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

8. Catholic Sensationalism in the Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon

   • Lady Audley’s Secret and the Manipulation of Religious Imagery
   • Female Characters and the Specter of Catholic Guilt
   • Sensationalism, Catholicity, and Social Deviance in Braddon’s Novels

Part III: Themes of Catholicism in Sensational Literature

9. Religion and the Gothic: Catholic Themes in Victorian Horror

   • The Catholic Church as a Gothic Symbol of Power and Mystery
   • The Catholic Monk, Nuns, and the Role of Monasticism in Gothic Literature
   • Sensational Catholic Mysticism in Victorian Ghost Stories and Novels

10. Sin, Redemption, and Catholic Morality in Sensational Novels

• The Catholic Sacrament of Confession and Redemption as Plot Devices
• Guilt, Punishment, and the Role of Catholic Morality in Sensational Narratives
• The Temptation and Fall of Victorian Women: Catholic Sensationalism and Gender

11. Catholicism and the Politics of Sensationalism

• Catholic Politics and Victorian National Identity
• Sensational Representations of the Catholic Church and Political Discourse
• Religion, Empire, and the Representation of Catholics in the Victorian Period

Part IV: Legacy and Influence

12. The Decline of Catholic Sensationalism in the Twentieth Century

• Changing Religious and Literary Landscapes in Post-Victorian England
• The End of Catholic Sensationalism and the Rise of New Literary Forms
• Catholic Imagery in Modern Sensational and Gothic Literature

13. Reassessing Catholic Sensationalism: The Lasting Influence of Victorian Literature

• Catholic Sensationalism in Contemporary Literary Criticism
• The Evolution of Religious Sensationalism in Modern Fiction
• Legacy and Reinterpretation in the Context of Global Catholicism

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