Ep. 110: The “Mystical Realism” of Catholic Women Writers of the Early 20th Century, with Emma Mason, University of Warwick

Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

Oct 06 2025 | 00:53:39

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Show Notes

Emma Mason is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick University in England. She’s the author and editor of several books, primarily on nineteenth-century English literature, most recently a study titled Christina Rosetti: Poetry, Ecology, Faith, and she edits, with Mark Knight, the book series New Directions in Religion and Literature for Bloomsbury Press. Her current work explores Catholic women mystics of the early twentieth century, which is what we discuss with her today.

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