The fine delight : postconciliar Catholic literature / Nicholas Ripatrazone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ripatrazone, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Catholic authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Where are all the Catholic writers? is a popular question these days. In his beautifully realized new book The Fine Delight, Nicholas Ripatrazone offers an answer: they are among us, writing. With skill and care, he explores the artistry of three superb writers - Ron Hansen, Paul Mariani, and Andre Dubus - as well as several other contemporary Catholic authors. In the process he reveals . . . how reading can be sacramental, enabling us to discover God's presence in our modern world." - James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything "The Fine Delight is a text of scholarship and personal consideration of American literature that is marked by and built from postconciliar Catholic thought. Nicholas Ripatrazone has written a highly readable study of the work of writers whose beliefs vary widely, but who share a living engagement with the Word. This book itself is just such an engagement. It will inspire more informed and curious reading." - Alice Elliott Dark, author of In the Gloaming: Stories "Nicholas Ripatrazone offers an insightful interrogation into the theological and aesthetic strategies of contemporary Catholic writers - novelists, poets, and essayists writing in the last fifty years. Aware that the Catholic imagination is not static, he suggests helpful ways to understand how post-Vatican II writers situate their faith in light of their artistic vision. A timely book, Ripatrazone helps extend the critical and pastoral implications of a Catholic literary aesthetic." - Mark Bosco, SJ, author of Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781621896203

162189620X