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The Language of Ethics and Community in Graham Greene's Fiction / by Paula Martín Salvan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martín Salván, Paula, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- European literature.
- Fiction.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- European Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Literary History.
- Local Subjects:
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- European Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Literary History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of Graham Greene's fiction from the perspective of ethics and community, focusing on the narrative pattern that emerges from the author's idiosyncratic use of keywords like peace, despair, compassion or commitment. This book explores their potential for the textual articulation of narrative conflict and the dramatization of the ethical.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1. Introduction: Occasions for Unselfing
- 2. Peace
- 3. Despair
- 4. Bargain
- 5. Pity and Compassion
- 6. Commitment
- 7. Caritas
- 8. Conclusion: The Ethics of Reading (Graham Greene)
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137540119
- 1137540117
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