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Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Discusses more than 70 major works of the Catholic literary tradition and gives special attention to their religious context. Publisher Summary 2 The Roman 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. This encyclopedia covers the vast realm of Catholic literature from its origins to today. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 70 major works from around the world. Special attention is given to women writers and to writers from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Included are entries on such authors 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. A selected general bibliography concludes the encyclopedia. Publisher Summary 3 Entries discuss over seventy major works of Catholic literature from around the world, with a biography of the author, plot summary, critical discussion, bibliography of related works, and an assessment of the work's reception. Publisher Summary 4 Entries on 70 works include a biography of the author, a plot summary, an analysis of major themes, a discussion of the work's critical reception, and a selected bibliography. Works covered include 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, Shusaku Endo's Silence, Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm, and James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Entries are arranged alphabetically by the author's name; most cover novels, but some address autobiographies, collected letters, plays, literary nonfiction, spiritual instruction, novellas, poems, short stories, social/political satire, and theological/philosophical writings. Annotation 漏2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table Of Contents:
Works Listed by Chronology ix
Works Listed by Author's Gender xi
Works Listed by Genre xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction xxiii

Peter Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise 1(10)

Brendan McManus

Angela of Foligno, The Book of the Blessed Angela of Foligno 11(9)

Molly Morrison

Augustine of Hippo, Confessions of St. Augustine 20(10)

Mary Theresa Hall

Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome 30(11)

Joseph Pearce

Georges Bernanos, The Diary of a Country Priest 41(11)

Michael R. Tobin

Heinrich Boll, Group Portrait with Lady 52(10)

Trudis E. Goldsmith-Reber

Orestes Brownson, The Spirit-Rapper; An Autobiography 62(11)

Gerald J. Russello

Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop 73(9)

John J. Han

Catherine of Siena, Dialogue 82(11)

Ann W. Astell

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 93(12)

David Williams

G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man 105(10)

Adam Schwartz

Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street 115(9)

Virginia Brackett

Paul Claudel, Break of Noon 124(11)

Russell Elliott Murphy

Elizabeth Cullinan, House of Gold 135(8)

Thomas D. Zlatic

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy 143(12)

Robert Royal

Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness 155(12)

Jane F. Morrissey

Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm 167(11)

Vincent Casaregola

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Babette's Feast 178(9)

Maria LaMonaca

John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther 187(13)

Douglas Lane Patey

Andre Dubus, Voices from the Moon 200(11)

Robert P. Lewis

William Dunbar, Poems 211(11)

Deanna Delmar Evans

T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets 222(11)

Thomas Werge

Shusaku Endo, Silence 233(11)

Van C. Gessel

Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly 244(11)

Katherine G. Rodgers

William Everson (Brother Antoninus), The Veritable Years: Poems 1949-1966 255(12)

Angela O'Donnell

Rumer Godden, In This House of Brede 267(11)

Victoria Carlson-Casaregola

Caroline Gordon, The Malefactors 278(12)

Kathleen Burk

Mary Gordon, Final Payments 290(9)

Stacey Lee Donohue

Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory 299(8)

J. C. Whitehouse

Ron Hansen, Mariette in Ecstasy 307(9)

Mark Cronin

Jon Hassler, North of Hope 316(11)

Deanna Delmar Evans

Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias 327(10)

Anne H. King

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems 337(11)

Joseph J. Feeney

John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul 348(11)

Elizabeth Bachrach Tan

James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 359(10)

John J. Han

Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, Response to Sor Filotea 369(10)

James A. Levernier

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love 379(11)

Patricia Mary Vinje

Christopher J. Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously 390(11)

Karl Schmude

Mary Lavin, Selected Stories 401(11)

Kevin T. McEneaney

Robert Lax, The Circus of the Sun 412(10)

Jeannine Mizingou

Gertrud Von Le Fort, The Song at the Scaffold 422(8)

Josef Schmidt

Denise Levertov, The Stream and the Sapphire 430(9)

Jeannine Mizingou

Francois Mauriac, Viper's Tangle and A Woman of the Pharisees 439(10)

Raymond N. MacKenzie

Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain 449(11)

Ross Labrie

Alice Meynell, Poems 460(12)

F. Elizabeth Gray

Brian Moore, Catholics 472(9)

Patrick Hicks

Thomas More, Utopia 481(12)

Brendan McManus

John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua 493(10)

Ian Ker

John Henry Newman, Loss and Gain, The Story of a Convert and Callista, A Sketch of the Third Century 503(10)

Gerald Michael Schnabel

Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk 513(8)

Wendy A. Weaver

Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood 521(10)

Brian Wilkie

Flannery O'Connor, Short Stories 531(10)

David Williams

Walker Percy, Lancelot 541(11)

Ralph C. Wood

Alexander Pope, Essay on Man 552(11)

C. N. Sue Abromaitis

Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools 563(12)

Kathleen Jacquette

J. F. Powers, Morte d'Urban 575(10)

Brian Wilkie

Jessica Powers, Poems 585(12)

Mary Warner

Piers Paul Read, A Season in the West 597(9)

J. C. Whitehouse

Christina Rossetti, Poems 606(11)

Maria Keaton

Dorothy L. Sayers, The Man Born to Be King 617(11)

Ann V. Norton

Elizabeth Ann Seton, Letters of Mother Seton to Mrs. Julianna Scott 628(10)

Mary Theresa Hall

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis? 638(12)

Josef Schmidt

Edyta Laszczewska

Muriel Spark, Memento Mori 650(10)

Robert Ellis Hosmer Jr.

Edith Stein, Essays on Woman 660(11)

Freda Mary Oben

Jean Sulivan, Eternity, My Beloved 671(10)

Paul J. Contino

Henry Suso, Exemplar 681(11)

Debra L. Stoudt

Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle 692(11)

Janine Langan

Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul 703(11)

Mary Frances Dorschell

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings 714(10)

Candice Fredrick

Sam McBride

Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter 724(12)

Thomas Werge

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 736(12)

Paul M. Puccio

Evelyn Waugh, Sword of Honor 748(13)

Brennan O'Donnell

Simone Weil, Waiting for God 761(11)

Patrick Reilly

Antonia White, Frost in May 772(12)

Meoghan Byrne Cronin

Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall 784(11)

Paul J. Contino
Selected General Bibliography 795(6)
Index 801(32)
About the Editor and Contributors 833

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