Tuite’s Literary Criticism of Lewis’ The Monk Essay -- Monk

Tuites literary Criticism of Lewis The MonkI would like to preface this by verbalize that one of the things I learned from this exercise is that, just because an oblige exists in published form, does not necessarily mean that it is a thoroughly condition. This is the closing curtain I reached after plowing, dictionary in hand, through two articles that were, respectively, laughably elementary after one hacked through the jargon, and entirely absurd and unsupported. Disheartened, I went searching again, and this time, came up with Cloistered Closets Enlightenment Pornography, The Confessional State, homo Persecution and The Monk, by Clara Tuite, and it is this article that I am writing about. Tuites only fault in this article is perhaps that she tries to tackle too much. (Something else Im discovering as I try to summate it.) Essenti altogethery, she tries to prove the existence of visible homoerotic elements in The Monk, and their link to antiuniversality. No sm in all feat . She quotes Coleridge in his review of The Monk as locution, the novel blends with an aweless negligence, all that is most awfully true in religion with all that is most ridiculously absurd in superstition (1). The reason this is arguable for Coleridge, according to Tuite, is that it reveals the inherent hypocrisy in the English Church, that is, that the Church condemns, with superstitious intensity, the rituals and superstitions of the Catholic Church. Coleridge fears, Lewis contamination of Protestantism by universality (2). Since at this time a great deal of the English State/Church depended on the boldness that Catholicism was low and wrong and Protestantism the ultimate right, the parallels drawn between Protestantism and Catholicism by Lewis were ... ...Lewis attempts, through this, to disassociate homosexuality with Catholicism, thereby trying to arrest a Hated Other, at least hated only at a time over, not twice (9). This, I thought, was an excellent article. Tuite has some very in force(p) points, which explained, at least partially, some of the questions I had as to Lewis intentions with the homoerotic elements in the novel, which to my mind, he had included, but never really developed. Essentially, Tuite clarified for me why, though Ambrosio commits all(prenominal) other kind of sinful excess, this is one he leaves untouched. And I debate she proves a very valid argument. Works CitedTuite, Clara. Cloistered Closets Enlightenment Pornography, The Confessional Sate, homosexual Persecution anal The Monk. Romanticism On the Net 8 (November 1997) n. pag. Online. Internet. (4/5/98) http//users.ox.ac.uk/scat0385/closet.html Tuites literary Criticism of Lewis The Monk Essay -- MonkTuites Literary Criticism of Lewis The MonkI would like to preface this by saying that one of the things I learned from this exercise is that, just because an article exists in published form, does not necessarily mean that it is a good article. This is the ratiocination I reached after plowing, dictionary in hand, through two articles that were, respectively, ridiculously elementary after one hacked through the jargon, and entirely absurd and unsupported. Disheartened, I went searching again, and this time, came up with Cloistered Closets Enlightenment Pornography, The Confessional State, Homosexual Persecution and The Monk, by Clara Tuite, and it is this article that I am writing about. Tuites only fault in this article is perhaps that she tries to tackle too much. (Something else Im discovering as I try to sum it.) Essentially, she tries to prove the existence of visible homoerotic elements in The Monk, and their link to antiCatholicism. No small feat. She quotes Coleridge in his review of The Monk as saying, the novel blends with an saucy negligence, all that is most awfully true in religion with all that is most ridiculously absurd in superstition (1). The reason this is snarled for Coleridge, according to Tuite, is that it reveals the inherent hypocrisy in the English Church, that is, that the Church condemns, with superstitious intensity, the rituals and superstitions of the Catholic Church. Coleridge fears, Lewis contamination of Protestantism by Catholicism (2). Since at this time a great deal of the English State/Church depended on the confidence that Catholicism was low and wrong and Protestantism the ultimate right, the parallels drawn between Protestantism and Catholicism by Lewis were ... ...Lewis attempts, through this, to disassociate homosexuality with Catholicism, thereby trying to thread a Hated Other, at least hated only once over, not twice (9). This, I thought, was an excellent article. Tuite has some very good points, which explained, at least partially, some of the questions I had as to Lewis intentions with the homoerotic elements in the novel, which to my mind, he had included, but never really developed. Essentially, Tuite clarified for me why, though Ambrosio commits eith er other kind of sinful excess, this is one he leaves untouched. And I recollect she proves a very valid argument. Works CitedTuite, Clara. Cloistered Closets Enlightenment Pornography, The Confessional Sate, Homosexual Persecution anal The Monk. Romanticism On the Net 8 (November 1997) n. pag. Online. Internet. (4/5/98) http//users.ox.ac.uk/scat0385/closet.html