Christianity

Jeffrey W. Barbeau

doi:10.1017/9781108609661.004

Chapter 4 - Christianity

Roman Catholicism

from Part I - Historical Developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2021

Jeffrey W. Barbeau

Michael Tomko

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Jeffrey W. Barbeau: Affiliation:
Wheaton College, Illinois

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Summary

While Roman Catholicism has not traditionally figured prominently in Romantic studies, this essay traces the emerging sense of its cultural, historical, and political importance in the period. With William Wordsworth’s “The world is too much with us” as a case study, it outlines the political struggle over Catholic Emancipation, transnational contact with Ireland and France, anti-Catholic and philo-Catholic strands of British Romanticism, and contested religious historiographies.

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British Romanticism Roman Catholicism William Wordsworth British historiography Gothic literature

Type: Chapter
Information: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion , pp. 50 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.004 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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