Hard Sayings : The Rhetorics of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction / Thomas F. Haddox.

Author/creator Haddox, Thomas F.
Other author Project Muse.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description1 online resource (viii, 225 pages ).
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SeriesLiterature, religion, and postsecular studies
Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. ^A1192092
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012047044
ISBN9780814270080
ISBN0814270085

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