The Lure of Babylon
| Author | : Michael E. Schiefelbein |
| Publisher | : Mercer University Press |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0865547203 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780865547209 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (209 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Lure of Babylon by : Michael E. Schiefelbein
Download or read book The Lure of Babylon written by Michael E. Schiefelbein and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the effect of Catholicism on the imagination and the fiction of Protestant novelists in England during the decades surrounding Catholic Emancipation (1829) and the reestablishment of the Roman Catholic Church in England (1850). This book examines anti-Catholicism in popular and respected novelists such as Scott and Dickens, showing the secret attraction to Catholicism of staunch anti-Catholic Protestants.
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