Hard Sayings
Haddox, Thomas F.
Hard Sayings The Rhetorics of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction / [electronic resource] : Thomas F. Haddox. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 225 p. ) - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies . - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
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.
9780814270080 0814270085
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.
Christianity in literature.
Electronic books.
PN49 / .H23 2013
813/.54093823
Hard Sayings The Rhetorics of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction / [electronic resource] : Thomas F. Haddox. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 225 p. ) - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies . - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
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.
9780814270080 0814270085
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.
Christianity in literature.
Electronic books.
PN49 / .H23 2013
813/.54093823