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The Catholic imagination in American literature, Ross Labrie

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  • In this well-written and comprehensive volume on Catholic writing in the United States, Ross Labrie focuses on works that meet three criteria: high intellectual and artistic achievement, authorship by a practicing Roman Catholic, and a focus on Catholic themes. Labrie begins with a discussion of the Catholic imagination and sensibility and considers the relationship between art and Catholic theology and philosophy
  • Central to Catholic belief is the doctrine of the Incarnation, wherein human experience and the natural world are perceived as both flawed and redeemed. This doctrine can be seen as the axis on which Catholic American literature in general rests and from which variances by particular authors can be measured. The optimism implied in this doctrine, together with an inherited American political consciousness, allowed a number of Catholic authors, from a culture otherwise perceived as outside the American mainstream, to identify with a political idealism that granted dignity to the individual. Counterpointing this emphasis on the individual, though, is the doctrine of the church as an intermediary between God and humanity and the belief in the community of saints. In concert with the doctrine of the Incarnation, these teachings gave Catholic writing a communal and prophetic dimension aimed at the whole of American society
  • A concluding chapter examines the significance of the corpus of Catholic American writing in the years 1940 to 1980, considering it parallel in substance to the body of Jewish American literature of the same period
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 306 pages
Contents
  • Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
  • J.F. Powers (b. 1917)
  • Daniel Berrigan (b. 1921)
  • Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
  • Ralph McInerny (b. 1929)
  • Mary Gordon (b. 1949)
  • Catholic legacy
  • Catholic imagination
  • Orestes Brownson (1803-1876)
  • Caroline Gordon (1895-1981)
  • Allen Tate (1899-1979)
  • Paul Horgan (1903--1995)
  • William Everson/Brother Antoninus (1912-1994)
  • Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
  • Walker Percy (1916-1990)
Isbn
9780826211101
Instance
Label
The Catholic imagination in American literature
Title
The Catholic imagination in American literature
Statement of responsibility
Ross Labrie
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • In this well-written and comprehensive volume on Catholic writing in the United States, Ross Labrie focuses on works that meet three criteria: high intellectual and artistic achievement, authorship by a practicing Roman Catholic, and a focus on Catholic themes. Labrie begins with a discussion of the Catholic imagination and sensibility and considers the relationship between art and Catholic theology and philosophy
  • Central to Catholic belief is the doctrine of the Incarnation, wherein human experience and the natural world are perceived as both flawed and redeemed. This doctrine can be seen as the axis on which Catholic American literature in general rests and from which variances by particular authors can be measured. The optimism implied in this doctrine, together with an inherited American political consciousness, allowed a number of Catholic authors, from a culture otherwise perceived as outside the American mainstream, to identify with a political idealism that granted dignity to the individual. Counterpointing this emphasis on the individual, though, is the doctrine of the church as an intermediary between God and humanity and the belief in the community of saints. In concert with the doctrine of the Incarnation, these teachings gave Catholic writing a communal and prophetic dimension aimed at the whole of American society
  • A concluding chapter examines the significance of the corpus of Catholic American writing in the years 1940 to 1980, considering it parallel in substance to the body of Jewish American literature of the same period
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Labrie, Ross
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
PS153.C3
LC item number
L33 1997
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Catholic Church
  • Catholic Church
  • American literature
  • Christian literature, American
  • Christianity and literature
  • Catholics
  • Catholics in literature
  • Catholiques
  • Église catholique dans la littérature
  • Catholiques dans la littérature
  • Littérature américaine
  • American literature
  • Catholics in literature
  • Catholics
  • Christian literature, American
  • Christianity and literature
  • Literature
  • Rooms-katholicisme
  • Letterkunde
  • Amerikaans
  • Littérature américaine
  • Littérature catholique
  • Christianisme et littérature
  • Église catholique
  • Christianisme et littérature
  • Catholiques
  • Catholiques
  • Literatur
  • Katholizismus
  • United States
  • USA
  • Englisch
Label
The Catholic imagination in American literature, Ross Labrie
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
  • J.F. Powers (b. 1917)
  • Daniel Berrigan (b. 1921)
  • Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
  • Ralph McInerny (b. 1929)
  • Mary Gordon (b. 1949)
  • Catholic legacy
  • Catholic imagination
  • Orestes Brownson (1803-1876)
  • Caroline Gordon (1895-1981)
  • Allen Tate (1899-1979)
  • Paul Horgan (1903--1995)
  • William Everson/Brother Antoninus (1912-1994)
  • Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
  • Walker Percy (1916-1990)
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 306 pages
Isbn
9780826211101
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
96037254
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)35842565
  • (OCoLC)ocm35842565
Label
The Catholic imagination in American literature, Ross Labrie
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
  • J.F. Powers (b. 1917)
  • Daniel Berrigan (b. 1921)
  • Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
  • Ralph McInerny (b. 1929)
  • Mary Gordon (b. 1949)
  • Catholic legacy
  • Catholic imagination
  • Orestes Brownson (1803-1876)
  • Caroline Gordon (1895-1981)
  • Allen Tate (1899-1979)
  • Paul Horgan (1903--1995)
  • William Everson/Brother Antoninus (1912-1994)
  • Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
  • Walker Percy (1916-1990)
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 306 pages
Isbn
9780826211101
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
96037254
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)35842565
  • (OCoLC)ocm35842565

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