The philosopher and the storyteller Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature /

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Main Author: Embry, Charles R., 1942-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "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."