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Maria Monk Controversy
MARIA MONK CONTROVERSYMARIA MONK CONTROVERSY originated in 1836 with the publication of Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal, which, although purportedly Maria Monk's autobiography, was actually written by a group of New York clergymen. Its stress on Catholic immorality aroused a storm of controversy that persisted even after several committees investigated the Hotel Dieu Convent and pronounced Maria Monk a fraud. She retained some notoriety until after her death in 1849 in a Five Points brothel. Awful Disclosures, an immediate bestseller, was one of the most influential pieces of nativistic propaganda ever printed in the United States. BIBLIOGRAPHYFranchot, Jenny. Roads to Rome: The Antebellum Protestant Encounter with Catholicism. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. Ray AllenBillington/f. b. See alsoNativism . |
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"Maria Monk Controversy." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maria Monk Controversy." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802534.html "Maria Monk Controversy." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802534.html |
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Monk, Maria
Monk, Maria (c.1817–50),author of Awful Disclosures (1836), an account of her supposed life as a nun in Montreal, filled with horror tales of misconduct in the Catholic convents. Since there was a strong anti‐Catholic feeling at the time, Maria won as many converts as enemies. Investigating committees proved her tales to be false, but the slanderous controversies she had precipitated were still hot enough to ensure the popularity of her Further Disclosures (1837). After this period of notoriety, she faded from the limelight.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Monk, Maria." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Monk, Maria." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MonkMaria.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Monk, Maria." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MonkMaria.html |
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