“Popery in Prose: The Incarnational Aesthetic of Nineteenth Century Gothic”; “Gothic Dream and Gothic Nightmare: Literary Reflections on the Ecclesiastic Gothic Revival, from Walpole to Ralph Adams Cram”

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Eleanor Bourg Nicholson and Matthew G. Alderman on Gothic literature and its relation to Christianity and aesthetics in the nineteenth century.

Doxaprime 2024: Eleanor Bourg Nicholson and Matthew G. Alderman

People in this episode

Guests: Eleanor Bourg Nicholson, Matthew G. Alderman

Topics covered

• Gothic literature
• Nineteenth century aesthetics
• Ecclesiastic Gothic Revival
• Christianity
• Religion
• Spirituality

Keywords

• Gothic
• Christianity
• Nineteenth century
• Aesthetics
• Literature
• Ecclesiastic
• Revival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Popery in Prose: The Incarnational Aesthetic of Nineteenth Century Gothic, Gothic Dream and Gothic Nightmare: Literary Reflections on the Ecclesiastic Gothic Revival, from Walpole to Ralph Adams Cram

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