This Study Analyzes The Fiction Of Four Contemporary Catholic Novelists: Alice Thomas Ellis, David Lodge, Sara Maitland, And Piers Paul Read. 1. The Theory Of The Catholic Novel -- 2. The History Of The Catholic Novel In England -- 3. The English Catholic Novel Today -- Pt. I. Alice Thomas Ellis -- 4. In The Bleak Midwinter : 'the Birds Of The Air' -- 5. Strange Doings In Chelsea : 'the 27th Kingdom' -- 6. A Cosmic Comedian : 'unexplained Laughter' -- Pt. Ii. David Lodge -- 7. Re-inventing Catholicism : 'how Far Can You Go?' -- 8. Intimations Of Immortality : 'paradise News' -- 9. Angst Meets Comedy : 'therapy' -- Pt. Iii. Sara Maitland -- 10. Women Of Faith : 'daughter Of Jerusalem' -- 11. Through Wilderness To Freedom : 'virgin Territory' -- 12. Holding On To The Good : 'brittle Joys' -- Pt. Iv. Piers Paul Read -- 13. A Rebel With A Cause : 'monk Dawson' -- 14. The Absurdity Of Being Polish : 'polonaise' -- 15. The Mystery Of The Resurrection : 'on The Third Day' -- 16. Conclusion. A Future For The English Catholic Novel? Marian E. Crowe. This Study Analyzes The Fiction Of Four Contemporary Catholic Novelists: Alice Thomas Ellis, David Lodge, Sara Maitland, And Piers Paul Read. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 381-390) And Index.

Marian E. Crowe

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

United States, United States of America

Lanham, MD, ©2007

June 28, 2007

PS, 2007

<p>Although many literary critics assert that the Catholic novel is in decline, Aiming at Heaven, Getting the Earth: The English Catholic Novel Today argues that there is still vitality in the English Catholic novel at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Marian Crowe relates this fiction to recent developments in the post-Vatican II Church and elucidates intriguing possibilities for future Catholic fiction. In addition to discussing the theory and history of the Catholic novel, the book provides an in-depth study of four contemporary English Catholic novelists: Alice Thomas Ellis, David Lodge, Sara Maitland, and Piers Paul Read, who are among the most talented and original Catholic novelists writing in England today. Three novels by each writer are analyzed with particular attention to Catholic themes.Aiming at Heaven, Getting the Earth is of great interest to scholars as well as general readers in contemporary literature.</p>

xv, 403 p. ; 24 cm
This study analyzes the fiction of four contemporary Catholic novelists: Alice Thomas Ellis, David Lodge, Sara Maitland, and Piers Paul Read
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index

2023-06-28