{"product_id":"9780852446072","title":"Edward Caswall","description":"Satirist, humorist, Church of England vicar, and convert to Roman\u003cbr\u003eCatholicism, Edward Caswall (1814-1878) was one of the nineteenth century's most important hymnologists - posterity is indebted to him for both his original and translated hymns, including 'See, amid the winter's snow', 'Jesu, the very thought of thee', and 'At the Cross'. He was, moreover, the faithful financial and administrative mainstay of\u003cbr\u003eNewman's Oratory in Birmingham from the time of his conversion in\u003cbr\u003e1847 until his death some thirty years later.\u003cbr\u003eThis new biography of Edward Caswall is the first systematic investigation of the life and work of a man whose spiritual journey, from\u003cbr\u003eAnglicanism via Tractarianism to Roman Catholicism, exemplifies the personal and theological dilemmas experienced by many during that era. Based on extensive archival research, it will be welcomed by readers interested in Newman, nineteenth-century hymnody and poetry, and Victorian history.\u003cbr\u003eAn important contribution to Newman studies.\u003cbr\u003eGERARD TRACEY, late archivist of the Birmingham Oratory\u003cbr\u003eNancy de Flon steers the reader through the fascinating family background and Oxford years of her subject and does much to explain Caswall's own distinctive path to Rome before treating his fruitful Oratorian years . . . the particular strength of de Flon's study, however, is the extent to which she focuses on and draws out Caswall's outstanding literary, poetical, and devotional genius. PETER NOCKLES\u003cbr\u003eNancy de Flon earned her Ph.D. in Church History from Union\u003cbr\u003eTheological Seminary in New York. Now an editor for Paulist Press,\u003cbr\u003eNancy de Flon was formerly Visiting Professor of Church History at\u003cbr\u003eUnion Seminary and Adjunct Professor of Church History at Long\u003cbr\u003eIsland's Immaculate Conception Seminary. She has also taught at the\u003cbr\u003eCentre for Marian Studies at Lampeter in mid-Wales.","brand":"Gracewing Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787209318640,"sku":"9780852446072","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780852446072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}