The Situation of the Catholic Novelist

by Trevor Cribben Merrill

Book Overview

Catholic novelists enjoy greater visibility in American letters today than they did almost a decade ago, when Dana Gioia offered a sobering diagnosis of decline in "The Catholic Writer Today." Major contemporary authors have invoked Bernanos, Waugh, and other legends as their literary ancestors, and a small but active cohort of Catholic writers has answered Gioia's call to renew their tradition. This flourishing has coincided, however, with aggressive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951319702
• ISBN13: 9781951319700
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Wiseblood Books
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"