Overview

By the middle of the nineteenth century much clearly gendered, anti-Catholic literature was produced for the Protestant middle classes. Nineteenth Century Anti-Catholic Discourses explores how this writing generated a series of popular Catholic images and looks towards the cultural, social and historical foundation of these representations. Diana Peschier places the novels of Charlotte Brontë within the framework of Victorian social ideologies, in particular the climate created by rise of anti-Catholicism and thus provides an alternative reading of her work.

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Author:   D. Peschier
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781403943026

ISBN 10:   1403943028
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   21 June 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Construction of an Anti-Catholic Ideology in the Nineteenth-Century: Sexuality, Gender, Patriarchy and the Discourse of Fear Forgive me Father: The Perception of the Sacrament of Confession as a Means to Control and Debauch Young Girls and Women The Danger of Gliding Jesuits and the Effects of a Catholic Education Lifting the Veil: A Nineteenth-Century Perception of Nuns and Convents Nineteenth-Century Anti-Catholic Discourse in the Brontë's Local Newspaper The Perceived Anti-Catholicism of Charlotte Brontë's Novel, The Professor Jane Eyre : Anti-Catholic or Anti-Christian Novel? Shirley : A Social Novel The Priestcraft of the Book: Representations of Catholicism in Villette Conclusion. A discourse of Fear Engendered by the Rise of Roman Catholicism in Mid Nineteenth-Century England Bibliography and Sources Index

Reviews

'This book provides much-needed insight into the widespread anti-Roman Catholic prejudice of mid-nineteenth-century England and highlights the gendered nature of this discourse. It offers a useful context in which to view attitudes to Catholicism in Victorian literature, especially in the novels of Charlotte Bronte.' - Christine Alexander, Professor of English, University of New South Wales, UK 'Peschier's is a useful account and her analyses of the four Bronte novels are original and challenge conventional readings.' - Anthony Chennells, The Heythrop Journal

'This book provides much-needed insight into the widespread anti-Roman Catholic prejudice of mid-nineteenth-century England and highlights the gendered nature of this discourse. It offers a useful context in which to view attitudes to Catholicism in Victorian literature, especially in the novels of Charlotte Bronte.' - Christine Alexander, Professor of English, University of New South Wales, UK

"""'This book provides much-needed insight into the widespread anti-Roman Catholic prejudice of mid-nineteenth-century England and highlights the gendered nature of this discourse. It offers a useful context in which to view attitudes to Catholicism in Victorian literature, especially in the novels of Charlotte Bronte.' - Christine Alexander, Professor of English, University of New South Wales, UK"""

Author Information

DIANA PESCHIER is an independent researcher in Nineteenth-century literature and religion. 

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