Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature

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Mary R. Reichardt, ed.

ISBN: 0-313-32289-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32289-1

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864 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 9/30/2004

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Description: The Roman Catholic faith has inspired some of the world's greatest creative works and has been a powerful force in history from the Roman Empire to the present. Catholic writers reflect their heritage in their works, and generations of readers have continued to appreciate the Catholic literary tradition. Many works by Catholic writers hold a high place in the literary canon and have exerted a tremendous cultural and political influence. Still others continue to be widely read by contemporary readers and quietly shape modern society. Some works, too, reflect the conflicts of the Catholic Church in the 21st century and capture the struggles of individual Catholics in a secular society. This encyclopedia covers the vast riches of the Catholic literary tradition from its origins to the present day.

Included are substantial entries on more than 70 major works from around the world. A special effort has been made to cover women writers and writers of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, whose works reflect the many dimensions of the Catholic experience. The encyclopedia provides entries on such writers and works as St. Augustine's Confessions, Catherine of Siena's Dialogue, Dante's The Divine Comedy, Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and Muriel Spark's Memento Mori. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography of the writer, a plot summary of a major work, an extended critical discussion, an overview of the work's critical reception, and a selected bibliography. The entries give detailed attention to particular works and explore their relation to Catholic thought. The encyclopedia concludes with a selected, general bibliography.

Table of Contents:

WORKS LISTED BY CHRONOLOGY
WORKS LISTED BY AUTHORS GENDER
WORKS LISTED BY GENRE
Volume I
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PETER ABELARD, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
ANGELA OF FOLIGNO, The Book of the Blessed Angela of Foligno
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, Confessions of St. Augustine
HILAIRE BELLOC, The Path to Rome
GEORGES BERNANOS, The Diary of a Country Priest
HEINRICH BO LL, Group Portrait with Lady
ORESTES BROWNSON, The Spirit-Rapper; An Autobiography
WILLA CATHER, Death Comes for the Archbishop
CATHERINE OF SIENA, Dialogue
GEOFFREY CHAUCER, The Canterbury Tales
G. K. CHESTERTON, The Everlasting Man
SANDRA CISNEROS, The House on Mango Street
PAUL CLAUDEL, Break of Noon
ELIZABETH CULLINAN, House of Gold
DANTE ALIGHIERI, The Divine Comedy
DOROTHY DAY, The Long Loneliness
ANNIE DILLARD, Holy the Firm
ISAK DINESEN (KAREN BLIXEN), Babettes Feast
JOHN DRYDEN, The Hind and the Panther
ANDRE DUBUS, Voices from the Moon
WILLIAM DUNBAR, Poems
T. S. ELIOT, Four Quartets
SHUSAKU ENDO, Silence
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, The Praise of Folly
WILLIAM EVERSON (BROTHER ANTONINUS), The Veritable Years: Poems 19491966
RUMER GODDEN, In This House of Brede
CAROLINE GORDON, The Malefactors
MARY GORDON, Final Payments
GRAHAM GREENE, The Power and the Glory
RON HANSEN, Mariette in Ecstasy
JON HASSLER, North of Hope
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, Scivias
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, Poems
JOHN OF THE CROSS, The Dark Night of the Soul
JAMES JOYCE, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ, Response to Sor Filotea
JULIAN OF NORWICH, Revelations of Divine Love
CHRISTOPHER J. KOCH, The Year of Living Dangerously
Volume II
MARY LAVIN, Selected Stories
ROBERT LAX, The Circus of the Sun
GERTRUD VON LE FORT, The Song at the Scaffold
DENISE LEVERTOV, The Stream and the Sapphire
FRANC OIS MAURIAC, Vipers Tangle and A Woman of the Pharisees
THOMAS MERTON, The Seven Storey Mountain
ALICE MEYNELL, Poems
BRIAN MOORE, Catholics
THOMAS MORE, Utopia
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, Apologia Pro Vita
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, Loss and Gain, The Story of a Convert and Callista, A Sketch of the Third Century
KATHLEEN NORRIS, The Cloister Walk
FLANNERY OCONNOR, Wise Blood
FLANNERY OCONNOR, Short Stories
WALKER PERCY, Lancelot
ALEXANDER POPE, Essay on Man
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER, Ship of Fools
J. F. POWERS, Morte dUrban
JESSICA POWERS, Poems
PIERS PAUL READ, A Season in the West
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, Poems
DOROTHY L. SAYERS, The Man Born to Be King
ELIZABETH ANN SETON, Letters of Mother Seton to
Mrs. Julianna Scott
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ, Quo Vadis?
MURIEL SPARK, Memento Mori
EDITH STEIN, Essays on Woman
JEAN SULIVAN, Eternity, My Beloved
HENRY SUSO, Exemplar
TERESA OF AVILA, The Interior Castle
THE RE` SE OF LISIEUX, Story of a Soul
J. R. R. TOLKIEN, The Lord of the Rings
SIGRID UNDSET, Kristin Lavransdatter
EVELYN WAUGH, Brideshead Revisited
EVELYN WAUGH, Sword of Honor
SIMONE WEIL, Waiting for God
ANTONIA WHITE, Frost in May
LARRY WOIWODE, Beyond the Bedroom Wall
SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS

About the Author: MARY R. REICHARDT is Professor of Catholic Studies and English at the University of St. Thomas. Her previous books include Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 2001).

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