Cathedrals of bone [electronic resource] : the role of the body in contemporary Catholic literature / John C. Waldmeir.

By: Waldmeir, John Christian, 1959-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 211 pSubject(s): Catholic Church -- In literature | American literature -- Catholic authors -- History and criticism | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Human body in literature | Human body -- Religious aspects | Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 810.9/92128273 LOC classification: PS153.C3 | W36 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The body, flesh and bone -- Discovering the body: Catholic literature after Vatican II -- Writing and the Catholic body: Mary Gordon's art -- Preserving the body: Annie Dillard and tradition -- Clothing bodies/making priests: the sacramental vision of J.F. Powers, Alfred Alcorn, and Louise Erdrich -- The body in doubt: Catholic literature, theology, and sexual abuse -- The body "as it was": on the occasion of Mel Gibson's The passion of the Christ.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.

The body, flesh and bone -- Discovering the body: Catholic literature after Vatican II -- Writing and the Catholic body: Mary Gordon's art -- Preserving the body: Annie Dillard and tradition -- Clothing bodies/making priests: the sacramental vision of J.F. Powers, Alfred Alcorn, and Louise Erdrich -- The body in doubt: Catholic literature, theology, and sexual abuse -- The body "as it was": on the occasion of Mel Gibson's The passion of the Christ.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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