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Hard sayings the rhetoric of Christian orthodoxy in late modern fiction

Title
Hard sayings [electronic resource] : the rhetoric of Christian orthodoxy in late modern fiction / Thomas F. Haddox.
Author
Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick)
Publication
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013.

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 225 p.)
Series Statement
Literature, religion, and postsecular studies
Uniform Title
  • Hard sayings (Online)
  • Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
Alternative Title
Hard sayings (Online)
Subject
  • O'Connor, Flannery > Criticism and interpretation
  • Spark, Muriel > Criticism and interpretation
  • Updike, John > Criticism and interpretation
  • Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Gordon, Mary, 1949- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Robinson, Marilynne > Criticism and interpretation
  • Christianity in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2012047044
OCLC
ssj0001058769
Author
Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick)
Title
Hard sayings [electronic resource] : the rhetoric of Christian orthodoxy in late modern fiction / Thomas F. Haddox.
Imprint
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013.
Series
Literature, religion, and postsecular studies
Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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