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Brief Biographical Sketch Brief Biographical Sketch
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Book Reviews Book Reviews
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Authors of Catholic Books Authors of Catholic Books
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The Book’s Purpose The Book’s Purpose
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The Content of a Catholic Book The Content of a Catholic Book
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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The Catholic Novel: Book Reviews in Katherine Burton’s ‘Woman to Woman’ Columns, 1933–1942
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Published:June 2024
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Abstract
Katherine Kurz Burton (1887–1969) converted to Roman Catholicism on September 8, 1930, and soon became one of the most prolific Catholic writers of her time. This essay examines Burton’s life and writing from 1933 to 1942 when the topic of “literature” and its importance dominated her work. Her “Woman to Woman” column in The Sign, and especially the column’s book reviews, asserted that Catholics had a responsibility to spread the universal and timeless teachings of Catholicism through literature. Burton, as well as her fellow Catholic Literary Revivalists, maintained that only by following Church teaching could the world, recently torn asunder by depression, war, materialism, modernism, and Communism, be redeemed. For Burton, a “good” book did not have to be written by a Catholic or be about Catholic people, but it needed to be imbued with Catholic moral principles, especially those concerning divorce and remarriage, and the inevitable consequences when those principles were rejected.
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