Masked Atheism Catholicism and the Secular Victorian Home - LaMonaca, Maria; Project Muse. (Ohio State University Press, 2008)
Extravagant creature worship: Protestant and Catholic "sermons" on marriage -- "Sick souls": love, guilt, and the Catholic confessional in Victorian women's fiction -- Narratives of female celibacy -- "Hoc est corpus meum": Aurora Leigh, Goblin Market, and transubstantiation -- The "Queen of heaven" or a very confused nun? Our Lady of La Salette, George Eliot, and Victorian anxieties about God -- "Seven years a tiny paradise a making": Michael Fields's domestic piety.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
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Keywords: Catholic Church -- In literature; Women and religion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Secularism in literature; Families -- Religious life -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Catholic Church and atheism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Anti-Catholicism in literature; English literature -- Catholic authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Protestant authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Electronic books