Hard sayings : the rhetoric of Christian orthodoxy in late modern fiction /

This book examines the work of six avowedly Christian writers of fiction in the period from World War II to the early twenty-first century. This period is often characterized in western societies by such catchphrases as “postmodernism” and “secularization,” with the frequent implication that orthodo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
Temas:
Robinson, Marilynne > Criticism and interpretation.
Gordon, Mary, > 1949- > Criticism and interpretation.
Percy, Walker, > 1916-1990 > Criticism and interpretation.
Updike, John > Criticism and interpretation.
Spark, Muriel > Criticism and interpretation.
O'Connor, Flannery > Criticism and interpretation.
Gordon, Mary, > 1949-
O'Connor, Flannery
Percy, Walker, > 1916-1990
Robinson, Marilynne
Spark, Muriel
Updike, John
Christianity in literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Literature > General.
Christianisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > General.
Christianity in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Christian orthodoxy and the rhetoric of fiction
  • Flannery O'Connor, the irreducibility of belief, and the problem of audience
  • Catholicism for "really intelligent people" : the rhetoric of Muriel Spark
  • John Updike's rhetoric of Christian American narcissism
  • Walker Percy's rhetoric of time, apocalypse, and the modern predicament
  • The uses of orthodoxy : Mary Gordon and Marilynne Robinson
  • Epilogue : on belief and academic humility.

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