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Introduction Introduction
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Problems Problems
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Poetry Poetry
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Fiction Fiction
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Drama Drama
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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Suggested Reading Suggested Reading
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7 Literature and Religion, 1798–1923
Get accessNorman Vance is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at the University of Sussex and Visiting Professor at Ulster University. His publications include Irish Literature Since 1800 (2002), Bible and Novel (2013) and, edited with Jennifer Wallace, The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, 1790–1880 (2015). He is a Fellow of the English Association and of the Royal Historical Society.
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Published:22 February 2024
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Abstract
This chapter argues that, despite ecclesiastical hostility to plays and even to the novel, imaginative literature, from the poetry and prose of Thomas Moore to James Joyce, absorbed and sometimes challenged or transformed religious and pastoral concerns with history, society, and the inner life. The best writing successfully negotiated the economic problems of Irish publishing and often short-lived Irish journals and could range beyond the divisive limitations as well as literary opportunities of denominational, sometimes sectarian, issues such as anti-Catholicism and ‘prophecies’ of Catholic or Protestant triumph. Poems, and hymns, original or translated from Latin or Irish, could be of broader religious and general interest, made available in generously inclusive collections. Across a wide range of texts and contexts common themes emerge: historical memory, particularly of the United Irishmen, the problems of priestly or ministerial vocations, mixed marriage, sectarian antagonisms, and rebellion against religious discipline and authority.
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