Reading and Rebellion in Catholic Germany, 1770–1914
Interrogates the belief that the clergy defined German Catholic reading habits, showing that readers frequently rebelled against their church's rules
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2018
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Publications of the German Historical Institute
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| Schlagworte: | Catholics Books and reading Christian life |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (402 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Interrogates the belief that the clergy defined German Catholic reading habits, showing that readers frequently rebelled against their church's rules Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 At the Origins of Germany's Book Wars, 1770-1815 -- ''Tasteless'' Popular Reading and Its Cultured Despisers -- Gustatory Reading Rules in the German ''New Jerusalem'' -- The ''Great Connoisseurs'' Return -- Opening Salvos against Catholic ''Stupidity'' -- Conclusion -- 2 Gall and Honey in the Catholic Theology of Cultural Taste -- Learning to Read -- Indiscriminate Appetites: Popular Reading in Germania Sacra -- Gall: The Legend of Catholic Reading Discipline -- Honey: Pastoral Strategies of Reading Steerage -- 1 They Should Listen to Texts Read Orally -- 2 They Should Read under the Direction of Priests -- 3 They Should Recognize Communal over Personal Discernment of a Text's Value -- 4 They Should Read for Spiritual Edification -- 5 ''Bad'' Books Should Be Replaced with ''Good'' Ones -- Conclusion -- 3 Reading Run Amok in Prussia Triumphant, 1815-1845 -- The Rhenish-Westphalian Contact Zone -- Pious Reading in the Eye of the Storm -- The Breach Only Widens -- When the Cat's Away. . . -- Conclusion -- 4 Book Mischief in the ''Papal Monarchy,'' 1845-1880 -- Bringing ''Mischief'' under Control: The Association of Saint Charles Borromeo -- Guardian Angels during the Kulturkampf -- Open Rebellion in a Perforated Fortress -- The Clergy Break against ''Second Nature Habits'' -- Conclusion -- 5 Catholics and Their ''Deficit in Education'' -- Life on the Periphery -- Dealing with ''Inferiority'' -- Warming Up to Wissenschaft -- ''We Are Modern Men!'' The Catholic Effort in Popular Education -- Conclusion -- 6 The Tail Wags the Dog -- The Bishops' Libraries Rot -- Readers Turn Away and Elsewhere for Good -- Fides et Ratio: The Theological Wellspring of Reading Renewal The Association of Saint Charles Borromeo's Second Spring -- Conclusion -- 7 Brave New World -- Starting Over -- Propaganda Fide -- Something for Everyone -- The Fruits of the Second Spring -- Conclusion -- 8 An Appetite for Pleasure -- A Sanctified Space for Companions -- A Shrug of the Shoulders at Book Discipline -- ''I Must Read Everything'' -- Bildung and Belonging in the Domestic Sphere -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Archival Material -- Contemporary Periodicals -- Contemporary Literature -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (402 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781108691796 110869179X 9781108472906 1108472907 |