Encyclopedia of Catholic literature / edited by Mary R. Reichardt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reichardt, Mary R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic literature--History and criticism.

Catholic literature.

Catholic literature--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Dictionaries.

Biographies.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxix, 842 pages) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.

Summary:

The 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.

Contents:

Peter Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise / Brendan McManus 1

Angela of Foligno, The Book of the Blessed Angela of Foligno / Molly Morrison 11

Augustine of Hippo, Confessions of St. Augustine / Mary Theresa Hall 20

Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome / Joseph Pearce 30

Georges Bernanos, The Diary of a Country Priest / Michael R. Tobin 41

Heinrich Boll, Group Portrait with Lady / Trudis E. Goldsmith-Reber 52

Orestes Brownson, The Spirit-Rapper; An Autobiography / Gerald J. Russello 62

Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop / John J. Han 73

Catherine of Siena, Dialogue / Ann W. Astell 82

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales / David Williams 93

G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man / Adam Schwartz 105

Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street / Virginia Brackett 115

Paul Claudel, Break of Noon / Russell Elliott Murphy 124

Elizabeth Cullinan, House of Gold / Thomas D. Zlatic 135

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy / Robert Royal 143

Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness / Jane F. Morrissey 155

Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm / Vincent Casaregola 167

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Babette's Feast / Maria LaMonaca 178

John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther / Douglas Lane Patey 187

Andre Dubus, Voices from the Moon / Robert P. Lewis 200

William Dunbar, Poems / Deanna Delmar Evans 211

T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets / Thomas Werge 222

Shusaku Endo, Silence / Van C. Gessel 233

Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly / Katherine G. Rodgers 244

William Everson (Brother Antoninus), The Veritable Years: Poems 1949-1966 / Angela O'Donnell 255

Rumer Godden, In This House of Brede / Victoria Carlson-Casaregola 267

Caroline Gordon, The Malefactors / Kathleen Burk 278

Mary Gordon, Final Payments / Stacey Lee Donohue 290

Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory / J. C. Whitehouse 299

Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy / Mark Cronin 307

Jon Hassler, North of Hope / Deanna Delmar Evans 316

Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias / Anne H. King 327

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems / Joseph J. Feeney 337

John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul / Elizabeth Bachrach Tan 348

James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / John J. Han 359

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Response to Sor Filotea / James A. Levernier 369

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love / Patricia Mary Vinje 379

Christopher J. Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously / Karl Schmude 390

Mary Lavin, Selected Stories / Kevin T. McEneaney 401

Robert Lax, The Circus of the Sun / Jeannine Mizingou 412

Gertrud von le Fort, The Song at the Scaffold / Josef Schmidt 422

Denise Levertov, The Stream and the Sapphire / Jeannine Mizingou 430

Francois Mauriac, Viper's Tangle and A Woman of the Pharisees / Raymond N. MacKenzie 439

Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain / Ross Labrie 449

Alice Meynell, Poems / F. Elizabeth Gray 460

Brian Moore, Catholics / Patrick Hicks 472

Thomas More, Utopia / Brendan McMaus 481

John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua / Ian Ker 493

John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain, The Story of a Convert and Callista, A Sketch of the Third Century / Gerald Michael Schnabel 503

Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk / Wendy A. Weaver 513

Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood / Brian Wilkie 521

Flannery O'Connor, Short Stories / David Williams 531

Walker Percy, Lancelot / Ralph C. Wood 541

Alexander Pope, Essay on Man / C. N. Sue Abromaitis 552

Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools / Kathleen Jacquette 563

J. F. Powers, Morte d'Urban / Brian Wilkie 575

Jessica Powers, Poems / Mary Warner 585

Piers Paul Read, A Season in the West / J. C. Whitehouse 597

Christina Rossetti, Poems / Maria Keaton 606

Dorothy L. Sayers, The Man Born to Be King / Ann V. Norton 617

Elizabeth Ann Seton, Letters of Mother Seton to Mrs. Julianna Scott / Mary Theresa Hall 628

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis? / Josef Schmidt, Edyta Laszczewska 638

Muriel Spark, Memento Mori / Robert Ellis Hosmer Jr. 650

Edith Stein, Essays on Woman / Freda Mary Oben 660

Jean Sulivan, Eternity, My Beloved / Paul J. Contino 671

Henry Suso, Exemplar / Debra L. Stoudt 681

Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle / Janine Langan 692

Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul / Mary Frances Dorschell 703

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings / Candice Fredrick, Sam McBride 714

Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter / Thomas Werge 724

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited / Paul M. Puccio 736

Evelyn Waugh, Sword of Honor / Brennan O'Donnell 748

Simone Weil, Waiting for God / Patrick Reilly 761

Antonia White, Frost in May / Meoghan Byrne Cronin 772

Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall / Paul J. Contino 784.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [795]-800) and index.

ISBN:

0313328021

031332803X

0313322899

OCLC:

55018639