Cathedrals of bone
Subtitle: the role of the body in contemporary Catholic literature
By: John C. Waldmeir.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780823230600
Subjects: Catholic Church -- In literature; American literature -- Catholic authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Body, Human, in literature; Body, Human -- Religious aspects; Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering the body: Catholic literature after Vatican II; title: Writing and the Catholic body: Mary Gordon's art; title: Preserving the body: Annie Dillard and tradition; title: Clothing bodies/making priests: the sacramental vision of J. F. Powers, Alfred Alcorn, and Louise Erdrich; title: The body in doubt: Catholic literature, theology, and sexual abuse; title: The body "as it was": on the occasion of Mel Gibson's The passion of the Christ.