McEvoy, E. 2004. 'Really, though secretly, a papist': G.K. Chesterton's and J. Meade Falkner's rewritings of the gothic. Literature and Theology. 18 (1), pp. 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/18.1.49
| Title | 'Really, though secretly, a papist': G.K. Chesterton's and J. Meade Falkner's rewritings of the gothic |
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| Authors | McEvoy, E. |
| Abstract | This article considers the rewriting of those Gothic conventions which are most symptomatic of Gothic anti-Catholicism in the works of Catholic-sympathizing authors, J. Meade Falkner, G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922, creates a priest committed to divine rationality and exposes contemporary Protestant "superstition". J. Meade's Moonfleet, inspired by Gothic revivalism - a movement in many respects antithetical to the sentiments of the Gothic novel - rewrites the relations between father and son, past and present, individual and community. |
| Journal | Literature and Theology |
| Journal citation | 18 (1), pp. 49-61 |
| ISSN | 0269-1205 |
| Year | Mar 2004 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/18.1.49 |
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| Published | Mar 2004 |
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