Nine noted literary critics examine the spiritual and religious elements in the fiction of such diverse writers as James Baldwin, J. F. Powers, Graham Greene, Par Lagerkvist, and Flannery O'Connor.Contributors: Robert Boyle, S.J.; Robert McAfee Brown; A. A. Devitis; Herbert Howarth; Maralee Frampton; Nathan A. Scott, Jr.; Albert Sonnenfeld; Winston Weathers; and the editors

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Information

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Year

2010

ISBN

9780822975731

Topic

Literatura

Subtopic

Crítica literaria

Contents
Preface
1. Faith and the Absurd: The Post-Existential Vision of Carlo Coccioli
2. Ignazio Silone and the Pseudonyms of God
3. Religious Aspects in the Novels of Graham Greene
4. Quelling the Riot: Evelyn Waugh's Progress
5. To Look Outside: The Fiction of J.F. Powers
6. Moments of Eternity: A Study in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor
7. Judgment Marked by a Cellar: The American Negro Writer and the Dialectic of Despair
8. Death and Transfiguration: The Largerkvist Pentalogy
9. "They That Have Not Heard Shall Understand": A Study of Heinrich Boll
10. Religion and the Modern Novel: A Selected Bibliography
Biographical Notes