| Description |
x, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Essays in divinity ; v. 4
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Essays in divinity ; v. 4.
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| Note |
Most of the papers, in condensed version, were delivered at the alumni conference, Nov. 28-30, 1966, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the University of Chicago and the 100th anniversary of its Divinity School. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : theology and the literary imagination / Nathan A. Scott, Jr. -- Sola Gratia -- The principle of Bellow's fiction / Nathan A. Scott, Jr. -- Bernard Malamud and the high cost of living / Giles B. Gunn -- Comic escape and anti-vision : the novels of Joseph Heller and Thomas Pynchon / John W. Hunt -- J.D. Salinger : the artist's struggle to stand on holy ground / James T. Livingston -- Flannery O'Connor and the grotesque recovery of the holy / Preston M. Browning, Jr. -- J.F. Powers and secularity / Maynard Kaufman -- The voices of tragedy in the novels of William Styron / Gunnar Urang -- The two roles of Norman Mailer / David Hesla -- Epilogue : faith and the literary imagination -- The vocation of poetry / Henry Rago. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Christianity in literature.
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Christianity in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Scott, Nathan A.
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Browning, Preston M. (Preston Mercer), 1929-
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University of Chicago. Divinity School.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Adversity and grace. Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1968] (OCoLC)590859478 |
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