Virtuous Intentions: The Religious Dimension of Narrative

by Mark Ledbetter

Narrative does not simply tell a story; it discovers and creates story as well. Mark Ledbetter argues that an important dimension of narrative is its ability to reveal the virtuous life. He examines three narrative texts: James Agee's A Death in the Family, Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins, and Robert Penn Warren's A Place to Come To. His goal is to demonstrate how a study of narrative structure, especially the element of character, explores and reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555403956
• ISBN13: 9781555403959
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 8.4"