Maria Cross: Imaginative Patterns In A Group Of Modern Catholic Writers
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Maria Cross stands at the crossroads of faith and literature, presenting a rigorous and illuminating study of eight major Catholic writers whose imaginations were shaped by the symbol of the cross. Donat O'Donnell — a pen name used by the celebrated Irish writer and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien — examines the works of François Mauriac, Georges Bernanos, Léon Bloy, Graham Greene, Seán O'Faoláin, Evelyn Waugh, Paul Claudel, and Charles Péguy, uncovering the recurring spiritual and imaginative patterns that unite these seemingly disparate literary voices. The work argues that Catholic sensibility is not a monolithic force but a complex, often tortured relationship between worldly desire and divine grace, chronicling how each writer's faith both burdens and electrifies their fiction. O'Brien's prose is precise yet passionate, bringing the same intellectual rigour to literary criticism that he would later apply to politics and history. For readers drawn to the intersection of modern literature and religious thought, Maria Cross remains an indispensable — and surprisingly urgent — critical text.
Author: Donat O'Donnell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Maria Cross stands at the crossroads of faith and literature, presenting a rigorous and illuminating study of eight major Catholic writers whose imaginations were shaped by the symbol of the cross. Donat O'Donnell — a pen name used by the celebrated Irish writer and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien — examines the works of François Mauriac, Georges Bernanos, Léon Bloy, Graham Greene, Seán O'Faoláin, Evelyn Waugh, Paul Claudel, and Charles Péguy, uncovering the recurring spiritual and imaginative patterns that unite these seemingly disparate literary voices. The work argues that Catholic sensibility is not a monolithic force but a complex, often tortured relationship between worldly desire and divine grace, chronicling how each writer's faith both burdens and electrifies their fiction. O'Brien's prose is precise yet passionate, bringing the same intellectual rigour to literary criticism that he would later apply to politics and history. For readers drawn to the intersection of modern literature and religious thought, Maria Cross remains an indispensable — and surprisingly urgent — critical text.