Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos (Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel, #36)

by Jeremy Smith

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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.

  • ISBN10 1138670057
  • ISBN13 9781138670051
  • Publish Date 19 July 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 302
  • Language English