Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos |
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| Author:
| Smith, Jeremy |
| Series title: | Routledge Library Editions: the Nineteenth-Century Novel Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-67005-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos, the work explains why novels with a single definite commitment tend to be implausible and lacking in aesthetic unity.
This book will be of interest to those studying religion...
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First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos, the work explains why novels with a single definite commitment tend to be implausible and lacking in aesthetic unity.
This book will be of interest to those studying religion in 19th Century literature.