British Romanticism and the Catholic Question [electronic resource] : Religion, History and National Identity, 1778-1829 /
Tomko, M.author.
The debate over extending full civil rights to British and Irish Catholics not only preoccupied British politics but also informed the romantic period's most prominent literary works. This book offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of Catholic Emancipation, one of the romantic period's most contentious issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the spirits of the age -- The purgatorial politics of the Catholic question -- History, sympathy, and sectarianism in Elizabeth Inchbald's A simple story -- Wordsworth and superstition -- Shelley's conflicted campaign for Catholic emancipation  -- Scott's Ivanhoe and the Saxon question -- Conclusion : 'the anxious hour'--England in 1829.
The debate over extending full civil rights to British and Irish Catholics not only preoccupied British politics but also informed the romantic period's most prominent literary works. This book offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of Catholic Emancipation, one of the romantic period's most contentious issues.
British literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern.
European literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
European Literature.