Oral culture and Catholicism in early modern England /

Oral culture and Catholicism in early modern England /

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Author / Creator:	Shell, Alison.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Catholic Church -- In literature. Catholic Church. Christian literature, English -- Catholic authors -- History and criticism. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Anti-Catholicism -- England -- History. Oral tradition -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- 16th century. Oral tradition -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century. Oral tradition -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century. Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 16th century. Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 17th century. Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 18th century. Anti-Catholicism. Christian literature, English -- Catholic authors. English literature -- Early modern. Literature. Oral tradition. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813498

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ISBN:	9780511379260 0511379269 9780511483998 0511483996 9780521883955 0521883954 9780521126861 052112686X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-236) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	After the Reformation, England's Catholics were marginalised and excluded from using printed media for propagandist ends. Instead, they turned to oral media, such as ballads and stories, to plead their case and maintain contact with their community. Building on the growing interest in Catholic literature which has developed in early modern studies, Alison Shell examines the relationship between Catholicism and oral culture from the mid-sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In order to recover the textual traces of this minority culture, she expands canonical boundaries, looking at anecdotes, spells and popular verse alongside more conventionally literary material. In her archival research she uncovers many important manuscript sources. This book is an important contribution to the rediscovery of the writings and culture of the Catholic community and will be of great interest to scholars of early modern literature, history and theology.
Other form:	Print version: Shell, Alison. Oral culture and Catholicism in early modern England. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521883955 0521883954

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-236) and index.
ISBN:	9780511379260 0511379269 9780511483998 0511483996 9780521883955 0521883954 9780521126861 052112686X