ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A nineteenth-century movement which reasserted the apostolic and catholic heritage of Anglicanism. The Oxford Movement is also known as the Catholic Revival. It emphasized the church’s identity as the divine society and the sacramental character of the church’s corporate life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Led by four young Oxford dons-John Henry Newman, John Keble, Richard Hurrell Froude, and Edward Pusey-this renewal movement within the Church of England was a central event in the political, religious, and social life of the early Victorian era.

Detailed explanation-3: -Their best-known leaders were John Henry Newman, John Keble, and Edward Pusey, and their preferred method was a series of publications they began in 1833 called “tracts; ” hence they were known as the Tractarians (also as the Oxford Movement).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oxford movement in English literature started during the Victorian Era. It was the movement of High Church members who wanted to reinstate some older Christian traditions. Indeed, it was fundamentally religious in nature.