Refugee Nuns, the French Revolution, and British Literature and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367879037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 198 str.

Tonya J. Moutray

Opis

Tonya J. Moutray argues that the politico-religious crises initiated by the French Revolution inspired a range of British writers to reassess the historic and contemporary significance of Catholics nuns. Framed by nuns' personal and collective narratives of displacement from the Continent and settlement in England in the 1790s, Moutray's study comp

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Encountering convents abroad: Hester Thrale Piozzi, Ann Radcliffe, William Cole, Samuel Paterson, and Philip Thicknesse; Spoiled economies and violated virgins: the Benedictines of Montargis, Abbé Augustin Barruel, and the French emigration; Resistant virtue in flight: the Blue Nuns, Helen Maria Williams, and reluctant returns; Refugee resources and competitive curricula: Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, and the Augustinians of Bruges; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Tonya J. Moutray is an Associate Professor of English at Russell Sage College, USA.