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02317aam a22003978i 4500 001 788A7B666CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180929s2019 dcu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018030454 020 $a 0813231272 020 $a 9780813231273 035 $a (OCoLC)1040191854 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HTM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 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 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502023955.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=788A7B666CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search