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Sacred realism [electronic resource] : religion and the imagination in modern Spanish narrative / Noël Valis.

By: Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 356 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780300152357 (electronic bk.)
  • 0300152353 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sacred realism.DDC classification:
  • 860.93543 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ6140.R4
Online resources:
Contents:
The relics of faith -- The philanthropic embrace -- The confessional body -- The politics of martyrdom.
Review: "In this book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noel Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have focused largely on religious themes, Sacred Realism views the religious impulse as a crisis of modernity: a fundamental catalyst in the creative and moral development of Spanish narrative."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The relics of faith -- The philanthropic embrace -- The confessional body -- The politics of martyrdom.

"In this book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noel Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have focused largely on religious themes, Sacred Realism views the religious impulse as a crisis of modernity: a fundamental catalyst in the creative and moral development of Spanish narrative."--BOOK JACKET.

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