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Literary Criticism English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Labour, Love, and Prayer

Female Piety in Ulster Religious Literature, 1850-1914

by (author) Andrea Ebel Brozyna

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1998
Category
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773567351
    Publish Date
    Dec 1998
    List Price
    $110.00

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Brozyna argues that Catholics and Protestants shared very similar views of Christian womanhood. Both lauded the influence of the virtuous Christian woman, used the same female role models from the Bible, and saw the home as the locus of the construction of female piety. Yet each group castigated the other for having antifemale values. Protestants developed the slovenly, drunken "Biddy" as a stereotype of Catholic women and Catholics portrayed Protestant devotional and family life as cold and arid. Observers of present-day Northern Ireland will find these historical contrasts of immediate relevance. An interesting new look at the Irish problem, Love, Labour, and Prayer makes a valuable contribution to the histories of women, Ireland, and religion.

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"Labour, Love, and Prayer is a very interesting work that breaks entirely new ground in the history of Irish women." Marianne Elliott, Department of History, University of Liverpool