Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Historical Developments
- Chapter 2 Christianity
- Chapter 3 Christianity
- Chapter 4 Christianity
- Chapter 5 Judaism
- Chapter 6 Islam
- Chapter 7 Hinduism
- Chapter 8 Atheism
- Part II Literary Forms
- Part III Disciplinary Connections
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
- References
Chapter 4 - Christianity
Roman Catholicism
from Part I - Historical Developments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Historical Developments
- Chapter 2 Christianity
- Chapter 3 Christianity
- Chapter 4 Christianity
- Chapter 5 Judaism
- Chapter 6 Islam
- Chapter 7 Hinduism
- Chapter 8 Atheism
- Part II Literary Forms
- Part III Disciplinary Connections
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
- References
Summary
While Roman Catholicism has not traditionally figured prominently in Romantic studies, this essay traces the emerging sense of its cultural, historical, and political importance in the period. With William Wordsworth’s “The world is too much with us” as a case study, it outlines the political struggle over Catholic Emancipation, transnational contact with Ireland and France, anti-Catholic and philo-Catholic strands of British Romanticism, and contested religious historiographies.
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