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- catalog abstract "In this comprehensive overview of masterpieces of the genre in Europe, Theodore P. Fraser concentrates on writers from France (Bernanos, Mauriac, Julien Green, Gilbert Cesbron, Jean Sulivan), England (G.K. Chesterton, Greene, Waugh, David Lodge, Spark), and Scandinavia and Germany (Sigrid Undset, Gertrud von Le Fort, Elisabeth Langgasser, Boll). Beginning with a look at the genre's origins and development in nineteenth-century France, Fraser stresses how Charles Peguy's concept of the sinner being at the heart of Christianity is itself at the heart of virtually every Catholic novel and is axiomatic in every plot. The traditional Catholic novel, Fraser argues, was built on a set of deeply held religious convictions: that there was a "hidden God" as identified by Pascal, and that this God pursued the erring soul ("The Hound of Heaven" in Francis Thompson's metaphor); that there was an essential, Augustinian antagonism between flesh and spirit; that the suffering of one individual, however unjust, could serve the purpose, in the divine economy, of redeeming the soul of another; and that the Catholic world of sign and symbol reflects another, invisible reality. Fraser insightfully examines how the notion of the absurd as a humanistic form of rebellion formulated in the existential philosophy of Albert Camus in the early 1950s dealt a severe blow to the traditional Catholic novel: he uses the doubts that plagued Greene about his faith in the late 1950s as an example of the spiritual malaise that led to Vatican II and the Church's opening its windows, ushering in not only new ideas but a new vantage point for the Catholic novel.".
- catalog contributor b6894314.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Origins and Development in Nineteenth-Century France -- Ch. 2. France: Georges Bernanos, Francois Mauriac, Julien Green, Gilbert Cesbron -- Ch. 3. England: Early Catholic Novelists, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene -- Ch. 4. Scandinavia and Germany: Sigrid Undset, Gertrud von Le Fort, Elisabeth Langgasser -- Ch. 5. The 1950s and 1960s: From Conflict to Convergence with the Modern World.".
- catalog description "Fraser insightfully examines how the notion of the absurd as a humanistic form of rebellion formulated in the existential philosophy of Albert Camus in the early 1950s dealt a severe blow to the traditional Catholic novel: he uses the doubts that plagued Greene about his faith in the late 1950s as an example of the spiritual malaise that led to Vatican II and the Church's opening its windows, ushering in not only new ideas but a new vantage point for the Catholic novel.".
- catalog description "In this comprehensive overview of masterpieces of the genre in Europe, Theodore P. Fraser concentrates on writers from France (Bernanos, Mauriac, Julien Green, Gilbert Cesbron, Jean Sulivan), England (G.K. Chesterton, Greene, Waugh, David Lodge, Spark), and Scandinavia and Germany (Sigrid Undset, Gertrud von Le Fort, Elisabeth Langgasser, Boll). Beginning with a look at the genre's origins and development in nineteenth-century France, Fraser stresses how Charles Peguy's concept of the sinner being at the heart of Christianity is itself at the heart of virtually every Catholic novel and is axiomatic in every plot.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The traditional Catholic novel, Fraser argues, was built on a set of deeply held religious convictions: that there was a "hidden God" as identified by Pascal, and that this God pursued the erring soul ("The Hound of Heaven" in Francis Thompson's metaphor); that there was an essential, Augustinian antagonism between flesh and spirit; that the suffering of one individual, however unjust, could serve the purpose, in the divine economy, of redeeming the soul of another; and that the Catholic world of sign and symbol reflects another, invisible reality.".
- catalog extent "xx, 210 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Modern Catholic novel in Europe.".
- catalog identifier "0805745149".
- catalog isFormatOf "Modern Catholic novel in Europe.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 841".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
- catalog relation "Modern Catholic novel in Europe.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "809/.39222 20".
- catalog subject "Catholic fiction, European History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Catholic literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Catholics Europe Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Catholics in literature.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature Europe.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature.".
- catalog subject "European fiction Catholic authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "European fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "European literature Catholic authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN485 .F73 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Origins and Development in Nineteenth-Century France -- Ch. 2. France: Georges Bernanos, Francois Mauriac, Julien Green, Gilbert Cesbron -- Ch. 3. England: Early Catholic Novelists, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene -- Ch. 4. Scandinavia and Germany: Sigrid Undset, Gertrud von Le Fort, Elisabeth Langgasser -- Ch. 5. The 1950s and 1960s: From Conflict to Convergence with the Modern World.".
- catalog title "The modern Catholic novel in Europe / Theodore P. Fraser.".
- catalog type "text".