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 Info | Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages ). |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
| Subjects |
| Series | Literature, religion, and postsecular studies Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. ^A1192092 Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012047044 |
| ISBN | 9780814270080 |
| ISBN | 0814270085 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |