Nineteenth-Century Anti-Catholic Discourses: The Case of Charlotte Brontë

Peschier, D.

By the middle of the nineteenth century much clearly gendered, anti-Catholic literature was produced for the Protestant middle classes. Nineteenth Century Anti-Catholic Discourses explores how this writing generated a series of popular Catholic images and looks towards the cultural, social and historical foundation of these representations. Diana Peschier places the novels of Charlotte Brontë within the framework of Victorian social ideologies, in particular the climate created by rise of anti-Catholicism and thus provides an alternative reading of her work.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349521821

DOI: 10.1057/9780230505025

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 210