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Startling figures : encounters with American Catholic fiction
Title
Startling figures : encounters with American Catholic fiction / Michael O'Connell.
ISBN
9781531503482
1531503489
9781531503451
9781531503468
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource ( 176 pages.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Michael O'Connell is an independent scholar living in Ann Arbor, MI. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago. His scholarship focuses primarily on the fields of contemporary American literature and religion and literature.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Print version: O'Connell, Michael J., 1980- Startling figures. First edition. New York : Fordham University Press, 2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 21, 2023
Series
Studies in the Catholic imagination: the Flannery O'Connor Trust series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. "Surprise Me": Going inside the "Black Box" of Catholic Fiction
1. The "Blasting Annihilating Light" of Flannery O'Connor's Art
2. Disorientation and Reorientation in J. F. Powers's Fiction
3. Walker Percy and the End of the Modern World
4. Tim Gautreaux and a Postconciliar Approach to Violence
5. Belief and Ambiguity in the Fiction of Alice McDermott
6. "Life Is Rough and Death Is Coming": George Saunders and the Catholic Literary Tradition
Epilogue. Phil Klay, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and the State of Contemporary Catholic Literature.
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. Fordham University Press Complete 2023.
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