Overview

Of the spiritual odysseys which dominate the literature of nineteenth-century England, Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest and yet one of the most difficult. Newman wrote the Apologia in 1864, as a reply to Charles Kingsley's attack on his veracity and that of his fellow Roman Catholic clergy; the following year he revised it extensively and thereafter amended new impressions almost until his death in 1890. This fine edition, long unavailable, has been reissued for the centenary; it includes all the variants resulting from Newman's revisions, in both the printed texts and the surviving manuscripts.

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Author:   John Henry Newman ,  Martin J. Svaglic (Emeritus Professor of English, Emeritus Professor of English, Loyola University, Illinois)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.934kg
ISBN:  

9780198118404

ISBN 10:   0198118406
Pages:   654
Publication Date:   07 September 1967
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Editor's introduction; Author's preface; History of my religious opinions up to 1833; History of my religious opinions from 1833 to 1939; History of my religious opinions from 1839 to 1841; History of my religious opinions from 1841 to 1845; Position of my mind since 1845; Notes; Supplemental matter: Chronological list of letters and papers quoted in this narrative; List of the author's works; Letter to him from his Diocesan; Addresses from bodies of Clergy and Laity; Additional notes; Appendices: Mr Kingsley and Dr Newman: A correspondence on the question whether Dr Newman teaches that truth is no virtue?; 'What, then, does Dr Newman mean?' A reply to a pamphlet lately published by Dr Newman, by Charles Kingsley; The 1864 text of the Apologia'; Editor's notes; Index

Reviews

"`Every library should have this edition' Choice `Provides almost everything needed by anyone wishing to grapple with the ""facts and problems"" which bear on the genesis of the Apologia ... Svaglic's introduction gives evidence of a sensitive understanding of Newman's spiritual difficulties ... has rendered an enormous service to all students of nineteenth-century literature ... There must be few works of comparable size which can be so rarely faulted as this superb edition.' Modern Language Review `Dr Svaglic and the Clarendon Press have put all students of Newman in their debt.' Religious Studies"

`Every library should have this edition' Choice `Provides almost everything needed by anyone wishing to grapple with the facts and problems which bear on the genesis of the Apologia ... Svaglic's introduction gives evidence of a sensitive understanding of Newman's spiritual difficulties ... has rendered an enormous service to all students of nineteenth-century literature ... There must be few works of comparable size which can be so rarely faulted as this superb edition.' Modern Language Review `Dr Svaglic and the Clarendon Press have put all students of Newman in their debt.' Religious Studies

'Every library should have this edition' Choice 'Provides almost everything needed by anyone wishing to grapple with the facts and problems which bear on the genesis of the Apologia ... Svaglic's introduction gives evidence of a sensitive understanding of Newman's spiritual difficulties ... has rendered an enormous service to all students of nineteenth-century literature ... There must be few works of comparable size which can be so rarely faulted as this superb edition.' Modern Language Review 'Dr Svaglic and the Clarendon Press have put all students of Newman in their debt.' Religious Studies

`Dr Svaglic and the Clarendon Press have put all students of Newman in their debt.' Religious Studies `Provides almost everything needed by anyone wishing to grapple with the facts and problems which bear on the genesis of the Apologia ... Svaglic's introduction gives evidence of a sensitive understanding of Newman's spiritual difficulties ... has rendered an enormous service to all students of nineteenth-century literature ... There must be few works of comparable size which can be so rarely faulted as this superb edition.' Modern Language Review `Every library should have this edition' Choice

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