- Hardcover: 592 pages
- Publisher: Gracewing (April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0852444435
- ISBN-13: 978-0852444436
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,228,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Newman's negelected satirical masterpiece
Newman's negelected satirical masterpiece
I am the Editor rather than the Author of this work. If you already know the writings of John Henry Newman (1801-90), you won't need any recommendation from me. These Lectures were Newman's response to the outbreak of anti-catholic agitation which greeted the re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England in 1850. They are a brilliant analysis and satire of anti-catholic attitudes and are certainly the most humorous of Newman's writings. Yet they have never received the attention they deserve. Here at last is a critical edition, with a lengthy Introduction giving the historical background, an analysis of the Lectures' satire and a review of their critical reception. The Editor's Notes help the reader to understand Newman's references and contemporary parallels, and a Textual Appendix gives all the variant readings between the first and last editions. If you already know Newman, this edition should give you a new appreciation of Newman's satire. And if you've never read any of his works, this is the ideal one to start on.
Newman's negelected satirical masterpiece
I am the Editor rather than the Author of this work. If you already know the writings of John Henry Newman (1801-90), you won't need any recommendation from me. These Lectures were Newman's response to the outbreak of anti-catholic agitation which greeted the re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England in 1850. They are a brilliant analysis and satire of anti-catholic attitudes and are certainly the most humorous of Newman's writings. Yet they have never received the attention they deserve. Here at last is a critical edition, with a lengthy Introduction giving the historical background, an analysis of the Lectures' satire and a review of their critical reception. The Editor's Notes help the reader to understand Newman's references and contemporary parallels, and a Textual Appendix gives all the variant readings between the first and last editions. If you already know Newman, this edition should give you a new appreciation of Newman's satire. And if you've never read any of his works, this is the ideal one to start on.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Intriguing and surprising,
By Edmund (Reading, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics (Works of Cardinal John Henry Newman: The Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition) (Hardcover)
I have never been a fan of ecclesiastical literature but i was pleasantly surprised and indeed intrigued by the nature of Cardinal Jonh Henry Newmans powerful speeches. This is testimony to his works that an eighteen year old such as myself can be so absorbed by a piece of literature of the religious genre and this work clearly dispels the myth that religion cannot be interesting and engrossing. I highly recommend this book to anyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Newman's lectures are still relevant,
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This review is from: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics (Works of Cardinal John Henry Newman: The Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition) (Hardcover)
You only have to skim the surface of the anti-Catholic material available on the World Wide Web to realise that, though written 150 years ago, Newman's lectures unmasking the shallow intellectual foundations of anti-Catholicism are still highly relevant. This is no period piece, exactly the same calumnies are being pedalled today. Newman, like some current ex-Protestant converts to the Catholic Church, can pinpoint the double standards and shoddy arguments of his Protestant accusers because he was once a convinced Protestant himself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A surprisingly amusing book,
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This review is from: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics (Works of Cardinal John Henry Newman: The Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition) (Hardcover)
If you think of theologians as deadly-dull you are in for a surprise. This book reveals Newman as a witty and hard-hitting polemecist -the passages about the fraudulent monk Achilli, which led to a libel trial, are particularly amusing.
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