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Domestic Biography
Christopher Tolley has written a fascinating account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians, from the members of the Clapham sect down to the more secular Bloomsbury group. Recording family life (and deaths) was an important ritual in Victorian households, and out of this habit grew a new literary genre, the domestic biography, celebrating individual achievement, family piety, and domestic virtue. Using a wide range of hitherto unpublished material from family archives, Dr Tolley analyses the biographical traditions exemplified by the public and private utterances of different generations of four leading Victorian families: Macaulay, Stephen, Wilberforce, and Thornton. This book is a perceptive commentary on the role of the domestic biography as a testament to the cultural legacy of the Victorian intelligentsia, and the creation of `family values'.
The Parting of Friends
The history of 19th-century England abounds with great religious figures--Henry Manning, Samuel, Robert, and Henry Wilberforce, and John Henry Newman--and great religious turmoil. Here Newsome recounts the story of the Wilberforces and Manning, from its early hopes to its tragic, interpersonal dissolution. Foreword by Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Illustrations.
The Quarterly Review
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Firmly I Believe and Truly
An Anthology of Writings from 1483 to 1999 Firmly I Believe and Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five hundred year period between William Caxton and Cardinal Hume. Intended as a rich resource for all with an interest in Roman Catholicism, the writings have been carefully selected and edited by a team of scholars with historical, theological, and literary expertise. Each author is introduced to provide context for the included extracts and the chronological arrangement of the anthology makes the volume easy to use whilst creating a fascin...
The Dublin Review
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Why I Became a Catholic, Or Religio Viatoris
Masterpiece from the author, Henry Edward Cardinal Manning on the four Truths that are the four corners of his faith: "Some years ago, being for many days on a journey without work or books, I thought that it might be a fair time to write down, in fewest words, the reasons for what I believe. The thoughts were written as the crow flies, over wide lands and a long flight, without deviation from the straight line. Much was, therefore, omitted that might be said, but the continuity and coherence of the reasoning were my only aim. They who will do more solidly what I have done so slightly will deserve and receive my thanks. The text remains as it was written. The references have been since added." The Appendix contains "A Brief History of the Life of Henry Edward Manning" which provides a background on the reasons why Manning became a convert of the Catholic Faith.
The Dublin Review
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