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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782862403321

Autore

Embry Charles R. <1942->

Titolo

The philosopher and the storyteller [[electronic resource] ] : Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature / / Charles R. Embry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8262-6632-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

809/.04

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: "Composed of wonders" : literature of the spirit -- Part I. The philosopher: One of my permanent occupations" : Eric Voegelin as literary critic; The attunement of the soul" : Eric Voegelin's search of order; Writer, reader, and the adventure of participatory consciousness -- Part II. The storyteller: The barren quest : Graham Swift's Waterland; "A secret between man and God" : second reality in Heimito von Doderer's The demons; Novel of divine presence : Flannery O'Connor's The violent bear it away -- Epilogue: "Our love of life, children, our love of life."