American Catholic Arts and Fictions: Culture, Ideology, Aesthetics

by Paul Giles and Giles Paul

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Paul Giles describes how secular transformations of religious ideas have helped to shape the style and substance of works by American writers, filmmakers and artists from Catholic backgrounds such as Orestes Brownson, Theodore Dreiser, Mary McCarthy, Robert Mapplethorpe, Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Altman. The book also explores how Catholicism was represented and mythologized by other American writers. By highlighting the recurring themes and preoccupations...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521057736

ISBN13:9780521057738

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:564 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

American Literature Classics Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Movements & Periods

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