Maria Cross
Imaginative Patterns in a Group of Catholic Writers
Published on 15. January 2015
272 pages
978-0-571-32359-3 (ISBN)
Description
The first literary phase in the brilliant and protean career of Conor Cruise O'Brien was his work as critic for Dublin literary magazine The Bell, which begat this collection of essays first published in 1952 (under the pseudonym 'Donat O'Donnell', as O'Brien was then a working civil servant.) In it, O'Brien set himself to a study of 'the patterns of several exceptionally vivid imaginations which are permeated by Catholicism' - from Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh to Francois Mauriac and Paul Claudel - and to analyse 'what those patterns might share'. The originality and flair of Maria Cross won O'Brien many vocal admirers, among them Dag Hammarskjold, cerebral Secretary-General of the United Nations.
'A most interesting and at times brilliant book, admirably and wittily written.'New Statesman
'One of the most acute and stimulating books of literary criticism to be published for some years.' Spectator
'A most interesting and at times brilliant book, admirably and wittily written.'New Statesman
'One of the most acute and stimulating books of literary criticism to be published for some years.' Spectator
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
1,17 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-32359-3 (9780571323593)
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Content
- Intro
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Conor Cruise O'Brien: An Appreciation
- Introduction to the New Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- I: François Mauriac: The Secret Door
- II: The Faust of Georges Bernanos
- III: Graham Greene: The Anatomy of Pity
- IV: The Parnellism of Seán O'Faoláin
- V: The Pieties of Evelyn Waugh
- VI: The Temple of Memory: Péguy
- VII: The Rhinegold of Paul Claudel
- VIII: The Paradise of Léon Bloy
- IX: Maria Cross
- Appendix
- 1. A Pillar in the Cloud
- 2. Mr. Greene's Battlefield
- 3. Our Men in Africa
- Index
- Copyright
