Catholic Literary Giants

Catholic Literary Giants
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Publisher : Ignatius Press
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : 9781586179441
ISBN-13 : 1586179446
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Book Synopsis Catholic Literary Giants by : Joseph Pearce

Download or read book Catholic Literary Giants written by Joseph Pearce and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Catholic Literary Giants, Joseph Pearce takes the reader on a dazzling tour of the creative landscape of Catholic prose and poetry. Covering the vast and impressive terrain from Dante to Tolkien, from Shakespeare to Waugh, this book is an immersion into the spiritual depths of the Catholic literary tradition with one of today's premier literary biographers as our guide. Focusing especially on the literary revival of the twentieth century, Pearce explores well-known authors such as G.K. Chesterton, Graham Greene and J.R.R. Tolkien, while introducing lesser-known writers Roy Campbell, Maurice Baring, Owen Barfield and others. He even includes the new saint, Pope John Paul II, who wrote many literary and poetic pieces, among them the story that was made into a feature film, The Jeweler's Shop.


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