British romanticism and the Catholic question : religion, history, and national identity, 1778-1829 /

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Author / Creator:	Tomko, Michael, 1975-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	18th century 19th century English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. English literature. English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Catholics in literature. Nationalism in literature. Religion and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Religion and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Catholic emancipation. Catholics > Great Britain > History. Anti-Catholicism > Great Britain > History. Romanticism > Great Britain. Romanticism. Anti-Catholicism. History. Catholics. Religion and literature. Great Britain.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780230279513 0230279511
Author Notes:	Michael Tomko is Assistant Professor of Literature in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University, USA. He holds degrees in English literature from Swarthmore College, University of Oxford and the University of Notre Dame. His writing on the intersection of politics, religion and romantic literature has appeared in Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, European Romantic Review, Victorian Studies and The Wordsworth Circle.

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