The Shamrock and the Cross : Irish American Novelists Shape American Catholicism.
"In The Shamrock and the Cross: Irish American Novelists Shape American Catholicism, Eileen P. Sullivan traces changes in nineteenth-century American Catholic culture through a study of Catholic popular literature. Analyzing more than thirty novels spanning the period from the 1830s to the 1870...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Notre Dame Press,
2016.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Access E-Book Full text (Wentworth users only) |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Origins of American Catholic Fiction; Chapter 2 The Irish Americans: Creating a Memory of the Past; Chapter 3 American Anti-Catholicism: The Uses of Prejudice; Chapter 4 Catholics and Religious Liberty; Chapter 5 The Anti-Protestant Novel; Chapter 6 The Church as Family; Chapter 7 The Maternal Priest; Chapter 8 A Woman's Place: Making the Communal Home; Chapter 9 Catholics and Economic Success; Chapter 10 American Politics: Catholics as Patriotic Outsiders; Conclusion; Notes.