LEADER 04851nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910963338503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780826266323 010 $a0826266320 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721447 035 $a(OCoLC)315477921 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10277754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000220829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157276 035 $a(PQKB)10310653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570990 035 $a(OCoLC)1080550913 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66828 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570990 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277754 035 $a(OCoLC)932325604 035 $a(Perlego)1704410 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721447 100 $a20071217d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe philosopher and the storyteller $eEric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature /$fCharles R. Embry 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia, Mo. $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780826217905 311 08$a0826217907 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index. 327 $aPrologue: "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." 330 8 $aThroughout his philosophical career, Eric Voegelin had much to say about literature in both his published work and his private letters. Many of his most trenchant comments regarding the analysis of literature appear in his correspondence with critic Robert Heilman, and, through his familiarity with that exchange, Charles Embry has gained extraordinary insight into Voegelin's literary views. The Philosopher and the Storyteller is the first book-length study of the literary dimensions of Voegelin's philosophy-and the first to use his philosophy to read specific novels. Bringing to bear a thorough familiarity with both Voegelin and great literature, Embry shows that novels-like myths, philosophy, and religious texts-participate in the human search for the truth of existence, and that reading literature within a Voegelinian framework exposes the existential and philosophical dimensions of those works. Embry focuses on two key elements of Voegelin's philosophy as important for reading literature: metaxy, the in-between of human consciousness, and metalepsis, human participation in the community of being. He shows how Voegelin's philosophy in general is rooted in literary-symbolic interpretation and, therefore, provides a foundation for the interpretation of literature. And finally he explores Voegelin's insistence that the soundness of literary criticism lies in the consciousness of the reader. Embry then offers Voegelinian readings that vividly illustrate the principles of this approach. First he considers Graham Swift's Waterland as an example of the human search for meaning in the modern world, then he explores the deformation and recovery of reality in Heimito von Doderer's long and complex novel The Demons, and finally he examines how Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away mythically expresses the flux of divine presence in what Voegelin calls the Time of the Tale. The Philosopher and the Storyteller unites fiction and philosophy in the common quest to understand our nature, our world, and our cosmos. A groundbreaking exploration of the connection between Voegelin and twentieth-century literature, this book opens a new window on the philosopher's thought and will motivate readers to study other novels in light of this approach. 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809/.04 700 $aEmbry$b Charles R.$f1942-$01805871 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963338503321 996 $aThe philosopher and the storyteller$94356273 997 $aUNINA