First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos, the work explains why novels with a single definite commitment tend to be implausible and lacking in aesthetic unity.
This book will be of interest to those studying religion in 19th Century literature.
ISBN: | 9781138670075 |
Publication date: | 12th December 2017 |
Author: | Jeremy Smith |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 302 pages |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions. The Nineteenth-Century Novel |
Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |