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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Elizabeth Justice | EJ
was born an Englishwoman, and presumably white. In maturity she was a member of the Church of England
(with a low opinion both of the Russian Orthodox
and of the Roman Catholic Churches
)... |
| Cultural formation | Florence Marryat | FM
attended her first seance, by permission of her (Roman Catholic
) spiritual director, Father Dalgairns of Brompton Oratory. Neisius, Jean Gano. Acting the Role of Romance: Text and Subtext in the Work of Florence Marryat. Texas Christian University, May 1992. 72 |
| Cultural formation | Valentine Ackland | |
| Cultural formation | Leonora Carrington | |
| Cultural formation | John Donne | JD
was brought up in the old religion, as a Roman Catholic
. He was probably already deep in theological study, undertaken for his own satisfaction, when during the year that he turned twenty-one his... |
| Cultural formation | George Douglas | |
| Cultural formation | Oscar Wilde | In the aftermath of his trial, OW
was widely pilloried in the press, his homosexuality abused by all of the covert means available. He became a convert to Roman Catholicism
. |
| Cultural formation | Gertrude Thimelby | GT
was a member of an English gentry family who became Roman Catholics
during her childhood. Her minority religious allegiance shaped her life. |
| Cultural formation | Alexander Pope | Since he was born and faithfully remained a Catholic
, he was excluded from university, from government jobs, and latterly from residing in London or owning a horse worth more than a certain sum. |
| Cultural formation | Hélène Cixous | Early in life, HC
also saw both of her parents suffer racism. At three years old, she discovered what being Jewish meant in Oran. When her father, a military officer during the war, took... |
| Cultural formation | Muriel Spark | Though she attended a Presbyterian
school, MS
was rarely taken to church. She was terribly interested Spark, Muriel. “My Conversion”. Critical Essays on Muriel Spark, edited by Joseph Hynes, G. K. Hall and Maxwell Macmillan, 1992, pp. 24-28. 24 |
| Cultural formation | Emily Gerard | She was born into the Scottish gentry, and her family originally belonged to the Scottish Episcopalian Church
, which is to say they were Anglican. Following her mother's conversion to Roman Catholicism
, EG
and... |
| Cultural formation | Mary Lavin | ML
was a Roman Catholic
. In Massachusetts religious observance was a relaxed affair. An altar was set up for Mass every Saturday night in the local movie house after the films were over, and... |
| Cultural formation | Toni Morrison | The early life of Chloe Wofford (later TM
) was shaped by her birth as a working-class African-American at the tail end of segregation. At twelve she became a Roman Catholic
. Brockes, Emma. “Home truths”. The Guardian, 14 Apr. 2012, pp. Weekend 30 - 5. Weekend 31 |
| Cultural formation | Frances Boothby | She clearly sprang from an educated segment of society, probably the gentry. It seems fairly certain that she was a Roman Catholic
. |
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