Sacred realism : religion and the imagination in modern Spanish narrative / Noel Valis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valis, Noël Maureen, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Religion in literature.

Faith in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 356 p.) ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this thoughtful and compelling book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noël Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have focused largely on religious themes, Sacred Realism views the religious impulse as a crisis of modernity: a fundamental catalyst in the creative and moral development of Spanish narrative.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Relics of Faith

2. The Philanthropic Embrace

3. The Confessional Body

4. The Politics of Martyrdom

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781299463905

1299463908

9780300152357

0300152353

OCLC:

1024035448