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245 10 a| Converts :b| from Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, why so many became Catholic in the 20th century /c| Melanie McDonagh.;

264 1 a| New Haven ;a| London :b| Yale University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| ix, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (black and white, and colour) ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-338) and index.;

520 a| "The twentieth century is understood as an era of growing, inexorable secularism, yet in Britain between the 1890s and the 1960s there was a marked turn to Rome. In the first half of the century, Catholicism became an intellectual and spiritual fashion attracting more than half a million converts, including fascinating artists, writers, and thinkers. What drew these men and women to join the church, and what difference did conversion make to them? Melanie McDonagh examines the lives of these notable converts from the perspective of their faith. For the Decadent circle of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde--who converted on his deathbed--artists such as Gwen John and David Jones, the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, and novelists including G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Muriel Spark, Catholicism offered stability in increasingly febrile times. McDonagh explores their lives and influences, the reaction to their conversions, and the priests who initiated them into their faith"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| The 1890s -- Oscar Wilde -- Aubrey Beardsley -- John Gray -- The church in 1900 -- Gwen John -- Lord Alfred Douglas -- John Henry Newman and Anglo-Catholicism -- R.H. Benson -- G.K. Chesterton and the Chesterbelloc -- Maurice Baring -- The church and the war -- David Jones -- Between the wars -- Evelyn Waugh -- A newspaper controversy about conversion -- Graham Greene -- The convert makers -- Vincent McNabb and a convert -- Gain and loss : after the war -- Muriel Spark -- Elizabeth Anscombe -- Siegfried Sassoon -- Gain and loss : the second Vatican council.;

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Converts : from Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, why so many became Catholic in the 20th century / Melanie McDonagh.

Author/creator	McDonagh, Melanie author.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	ix, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Subjects	Catholic converts--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.

Contents	The 1890s -- Oscar Wilde -- Aubrey Beardsley -- John Gray -- The church in 1900 -- Gwen John -- Lord Alfred Douglas -- John Henry Newman and Anglo-Catholicism -- R.H. Benson -- G.K. Chesterton and the Chesterbelloc -- Maurice Baring -- The church and the war -- David Jones -- Between the wars -- Evelyn Waugh -- A newspaper controversy about conversion -- Graham Greene -- The convert makers -- Vincent McNabb and a convert -- Gain and loss : after the war -- Muriel Spark -- Elizabeth Anscombe -- Siegfried Sassoon -- Gain and loss : the second Vatican council.
Abstract	"The twentieth century is understood as an era of growing, inexorable secularism, yet in Britain between the 1890s and the 1960s there was a marked turn to Rome. In the first half of the century, Catholicism became an intellectual and spiritual fashion attracting more than half a million converts, including fascinating artists, writers, and thinkers. What drew these men and women to join the church, and what difference did conversion make to them? Melanie McDonagh examines the lives of these notable converts from the perspective of their faith. For the Decadent circle of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde--who converted on his deathbed--artists such as Gwen John and David Jones, the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, and novelists including G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Muriel Spark, Catholicism offered stability in increasingly febrile times. McDonagh explores their lives and influences, the reaction to their conversions, and the priests who initiated them into their faith"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-338) and index.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780300266078 hardback
ISBN	0300266073
Standard identifier#	CIPO000295712

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