This Week's Acquisitions

• Anna Hanson Dorsey, Tears on the Diadem (Kenedy, 1896).  Catholic historical novel about Elizabeth Woodville, later wife of King Edward IV.  (eBay)
• Remy de Gourmont, The Angels of Perversity, trans. Francis Amery (Dedalus, 1992). Collection of Symbolist short fiction and a novella by the late 19th-c. critic, poet, and novelist.  (Amazon [secondhand])
• Claire Masurel-Murray, Le Calice Vide: L'Imaginaire Catholique dans la Litterature Decadente Anglaise (Sorbonne, 2011).  Returns to the subject matter of Ellis Hanson's Decadence and Catholicism, but focusing on the specifically English context (Hanson mostly engages with French authors).  (Amazon France)
• Joep Leerssen, Remembrance and Imagination: Patterns in the Historical and Literary Representation of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century (Cork, 1996).  Representations from different religious and political positions, as well as in different genres (history, ballad, folklore, novel, etc.).  (Amazon [secondhand])
• Andrew T. N. Muirhead, Reformation, Dissent and Diversity: The Story of Scotland's Churches, 1560-1960 (T. & T. Clark, 2015).  A general survey covering multiple ecclesiastical traditions and controversies.  (Amazon)