The fin-de-siècle, a period marked by the aesthetic and decadent movement, saw a renewed interest in Catholic ritualism among avant-gardist authors. While the literary works of male writers has received wide scholarly attention, women’s prose fiction has often been neglected, despite the fact that some of them, including American-British author John Oliver Hobbes/Pearl Craigie (1867-1906) were extremely fascinated by Catholicism and even became converts. However, the case of women writers is significant as they deployed religion differently, often in order to promote their emancipation and their role in society. How, then, did these authors rework Catholic traditionalism? This thesis seeks to answer this question by focusing on three key novels by Pearl Craigie: Some Emotions and a Moral (1891), The Sinner’s Comedy (1892) and The School for Saints (1897). The analysis examines how Catholicism shaped Craigie’s writing, exploring such themes as the connection between faith and femininity, renunciation and sacrifice, and the vulgarization of Catholic rituals.
La fin-de-siècle, un periodo caratterizzato dal movimento estetico e decadente, vide un rinnovato interesse per il ritualismo cattolico tra gli autori d'avanguardia. Mentre le opere letterarie degli scrittori hanno ricevuto ampia attenzione da parte degli studiosi, la prosa narrativa femminile è stata spesso trascurata, nonostante il fatto che alcune autrici, tra cui l'angloamericana John Oliver Hobbes/Pearl Craigie (1867-1906), fossero profondamente affascinate dal cattolicesimo e si fossero persino convertite. Tuttavia, il caso della scrittura femminile è rilevante in quanto queste autrici impiegarono la religione in modo diverso, spesso per promuovere la loro emancipazione e il loro ruolo nella società. In che modo, dunque, queste rielaborarono il tradizionalismo cattolico? Questa tesi cerca di rispondere a questa domanda concentrandosi su tre romanzi chiave di Pearl Craigie: Some Emotions and a Moral (1891), The Sinner's Comedy (1892) e The School for Saints (1897). L'analisi esamina come il cattolicesimo abbia plasmato la scrittura di Craigie, esplorando temi quali il legame tra fede e femminilità, la rinuncia e il sacrificio, e la volgarizzazione dei rituali cattolici.
Aestheticism, Decadence and Catholicism in Anglo-American women’s writing: the case of Pearl Richards Craigie
CORSETTI, FRANCESCA
2023/2024
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The fin-de-siècle, a period marked by the aesthetic and decadent movement, saw a renewed interest in Catholic ritualism among avant-gardist authors. While the literary works of male writers has received wide scholarly attention, women’s prose fiction has often been neglected, despite the fact that some of them, including American-British author John Oliver Hobbes/Pearl Craigie (1867-1906) were extremely fascinated by Catholicism and even became converts. However, the case of women writers is significant as they deployed religion differently, often in order to promote their emancipation and their role in society. How, then, did these authors rework Catholic traditionalism? This thesis seeks to answer this question by focusing on three key novels by Pearl Craigie: Some Emotions and a Moral (1891), The Sinner’s Comedy (1892) and The School for Saints (1897). The analysis examines how Catholicism shaped Craigie’s writing, exploring such themes as the connection between faith and femininity, renunciation and sacrifice, and the vulgarization of Catholic rituals.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14247/24406