The Pen and the Cross: Catholicism and English Literature, 1850-2000

Author:   Professor Richard Griffiths
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
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9780826496973


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 April 2010
Format:   Hardback
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The Pen and the Cross: Catholicism and English Literature, 1850-2000


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Author:   Professor Richard Griffiths
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780826496973


ISBN 10:   0826496970
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction What is Catholic Literature?; 1. Catholicism and British Society; 2. Catholicism in Non Catholic Literature; 3.Aesthetic Catholicism; 4. A Poetic Flowering; 5. Religious Controversies; 6. Political Catholicism; 7. French Catholic Literary Imput; 8. G.K.Chesterton; 9. Graham Greene and the French Tradition; 10. Evelyn Waugh and the Lure of Recusant Catholicism; 11. David Jones and David Gascoyne; 12. Catholic Writers of the Late 20th Century.

Reviews

'Griffiths covers over a 100 years of religious poetry... an interesting survey'--Sanford Lakoff 'Griffiths offers an overview of the contribution made by Roman Catholicism to English Literature... I was especially struck by his insight into English and French Catholic literature.'--Sanford Lakoff 'Richard Griffith's scholarly and immensely readable book deals not with the Roman Catholic Novel alone, but also with Catholic poetry.'--Sanford Lakoff 'The Pen and the Cross is a hugely enjoyable survey of the last 150 years of Catholic Literature.'--Sanford Lakoff


'The Pen and the Cross is a hugely enjoyable survey of the last 150 years of Catholic Literature.'--Sanford Lakoff 'Griffiths offers an overview of the contribution made by Roman Catholicism to English Literature... I was especially struck by his insight into English and French Catholic literature.'--Sanford Lakoff 'Griffiths covers over a 100 years of religious poetry... an interesting survey'--Sanford Lakoff 'Richard Griffith's scholarly and immensely readable book deals not with the Roman Catholic Novel alone, but also with Catholic poetry.'--Sanford Lakoff


'Richard Griffith's scholarly and immensely readable book deals not with the Roman Catholic Novel alone, but also with Catholic poetry.'--,


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Professor Richard Griffiths has recently retired as Profressor of French at King's College London.

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