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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The Shapeless God
Essays on Modern Fiction
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The Shapeless God
Essays on Modern Fiction
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- 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
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