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050 00 $a PN56.S744 $b D47 2019
082 00 $a 809.3/93548 $2 23
100 1  $a Desmond, John F., $e author.
245 10 $a Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide / $c John F. Desmond.
263    $a 1901
264  1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b The Catholic University of America Press, $c [2019]
300    $a ix, 299 pages ; $c 24 cm
520    $a "A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian counter-vision to the 'suicidal' ethos he has documented"-- $c Provided by publisher.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index.
505 0  $a Dostoevsky and the road to suicide -- Notes on "Notes from underground" -- Crime and punishment: a modern case -- The idiot: Christ without Christ -- Demons: a cautionary tale -- The Brothers Karamazov: of darkness and light -- Walker Percy and the age of suicide -- The moviegoer: skirting the abyss -- The last gentleman: homeward bound -- Lancelot: what do survivors do? -- The second coming: finding home -- Love in the ruins and The thanatos syndrome: cautionary tales.
600 10 $a Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, $d 1821-1881 $x Criticism and interpretation.
600 10 $a Percy, Walker, $d 1916-1990 $x Criticism and interpretation.
600 17 $a Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, $d 1821-1881. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00032733
600 17 $a Percy, Walker, $d 1916-1990. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00051550
650  0 $a Suicide in literature.
650  7 $a Suicide in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01137615
655  7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635
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