Between Form and Faith
Graham Greene and the Catholic Novel
Published on 3. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8232-9467-1 (ISBN)
Description
What is a "Catholic" novel? This book analyzes the fiction of Graham Greene in a radically new manner, considering in depth its form and content, which rest on the oppositions between secularism and religion. Sampson challenges these distinctions, arguing that Greene has a dramatic contribution to add to their methodological premises. Chapters on Greene's four "Catholic" novels and two of his "post-Catholic" novels are complemented by fresh insight into the critical importance of his nonfiction. The study paints an image of an inviting yet beguilingly complex literary figure.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-9467-1 (9780823294671)
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Person
Martyn Sampson earned his Ph.D. from the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he taught English. He served as Director of the 2018 and 2019 Graham Greene International Festivals.
Content
Introduction: The Uninstructed Catholic 1
1 The Ache of Modernism: Theological Aesthetics in Greene's Nonfiction 15
2 Catholic Novels: Religious Anxieties in Brighton Rock and The Heart of the Matter 38
3 Creator of Heaven and Earth:
Catholicism and the "Catholic" in The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair 80
4 Entertaining the Second Vatican Council:
Creative Theologies in The Honorary Consul and Monsignor Quixote 119
5 Theory and Theology: Graham Greene's Remapping of Common Ground 161
Conclusion: Where Now? 195
Acknowledgments 201
Notes 205
Bibliography 233
Index 261
1 The Ache of Modernism: Theological Aesthetics in Greene's Nonfiction 15
2 Catholic Novels: Religious Anxieties in Brighton Rock and The Heart of the Matter 38
3 Creator of Heaven and Earth:
Catholicism and the "Catholic" in The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair 80
4 Entertaining the Second Vatican Council:
Creative Theologies in The Honorary Consul and Monsignor Quixote 119
5 Theory and Theology: Graham Greene's Remapping of Common Ground 161
Conclusion: Where Now? 195
Acknowledgments 201
Notes 205
Bibliography 233
Index 261