Description |
xv, 463 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Reading (and writing ) like a Catholic -- Reading Christ-haunted fictions -- Reading human nature -- Reading Catholic fictions -- How to write (like a Catholic) |
Summary |
With appeals to staples of the Catholic literary tradition such as Flannery O'Conner and Evelyn Waugh, to the lesser-known works of Leon Bloy, Caroline Gordon, and Christopher Beha, to the masterpieces of authors distanced from the Church - Flaubert and Joyce and Chekhov; Hemingway and David Foster Wallace - Hren looks for the Light, searching out the persistence of Catholic ideas, images, and concerns in purportedly secular stories. -- Back cover |
Subject |
Catholic authors.
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Catholics -- Books and reading.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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ISBN |
9781505118667 |
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1505118662 |
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