The philosopher and the storyteller [electronic resource] : Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature / Charles R. Embry.
By: Embry, Charles R.
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BookPublisher: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2008Description: xiii, 192 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985 -- Criticism and interpretation | Literature -- Philosophy | Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 809/.04 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.
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."
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