James Jones

by Steven R. Carter

James Jones's spiritual beliefs were central to his great World War II trilogy From Here to Eternity. The Thin Red Line, and Whistle, as well as to the rest of his fiction. In this first book-length exploration of the subject, Steven Carter argues that Jones's ideas about reincarnation, karma, and spiritual evolution were heavily influenced by transcendentalism, theosophy, and Oriental religions. The author places Jones in what he identifies as a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252023714
• ISBN13: 9780252023712
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"