John Henry Newman's National Monument: an Oxford controversy
According to the standard narrative, although John Henry Newman was driven away from Oxford in the 1840s by the dominant Protestant consensus, by the end of his life in the 1890s he was back in favour, fêted in Oxford as a Roman Catholic celebrity and as an esteemed alumnus. This article challenges...
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2023
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| description | According to the standard narrative, although John Henry Newman was driven away from Oxford in the 1840s by the dominant Protestant consensus, by the end of his life in the 1890s he was back in favour, fêted in Oxford as a Roman Catholic celebrity and as an esteemed alumnus. This article challenges that interpretation, by examining the forgotten controversy over Newman’s national monument, a significant aspect of his reception history. It shows how Newman’s memory and reputation remained hotly contested, provoking resistance by the dons and citizens of late-Victorian Oxford, even in this recently secularized and professedly tolerant University city. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:47fc9b66-d32b-43c6-be94-50a14f49da942023-06-14T08:34:19ZJohn Henry Newman's National Monument: an Oxford controversyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:47fc9b66-d32b-43c6-be94-50a14f49da94EnglishSymplectic ElementsCambridge University Press2023Atherstone, AAccording to the standard narrative, although John Henry Newman was driven away from Oxford in the 1840s by the dominant Protestant consensus, by the end of his life in the 1890s he was back in favour, fêted in Oxford as a Roman Catholic celebrity and as an esteemed alumnus. This article challenges that interpretation, by examining the forgotten controversy over Newman’s national monument, a significant aspect of his reception history. It shows how Newman’s memory and reputation remained hotly contested, provoking resistance by the dons and citizens of late-Victorian Oxford, even in this recently secularized and professedly tolerant University city. |
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