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Suicide in Modern Catholic Literature

By Martin Lockerd

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Suicide in Modern Catholic Literature

By Martin Lockerd

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Suicide plays a major role in modern literature and the philosophy that informs it. For Catholic authors, who have always understood the act within the framework of sin and redemption, it carries a special significance. In the last century, Catholic literary figures as diverse as J.R.R. Tolkien and Walker Percy, Robert Hugh Benson and Muriel Spark, J.K. Huysmans and Graham Greene, wrestled with the problem of suicide in their work and produced art that confronts the despair so common in modern existence. As suicide rates continue to increase across the developed world and entire nations embrace and expand legalized assisted suicide, this book draws readers back to Catholic literature as a resource for understanding and perhaps even resisting this trend.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
198
Release Date:
2025-06-10
Publication Date:
2025-06-10
Publisher:
Cascade Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1666786012
ISBN13:
9781666786019
Weight:
295 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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