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Author:

Lewis, R. W. B. (Richard Warrington Baldwin)

Title:

The picaresque saint; representative figures in contemporary fiction.

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publisher:

Lippincott,

Copyright Date:

1959 c1958

Description:

317 p. 22 cm.

Subject:

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Roman français--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.

Contents:

The shared reality: the shadow of André Malraux. Alberto Moravia: eros and existence: The sexual aspect ; The strategy of conversion ; The tragicomedy of existence ; The supremacy of sadness -- Albert Camus: the compassionate mind: The force of indifference ; The forgotten marriage ; The long divorce: The stranger and The myth of Sisyphus ; The dramatic art ; The compassionate "no": The plague and The rebel ; The distance between: The fall -- Ignazio Silone: the politics of charity: The artist in action ; Roman rebel and medieval saint ; Moscow and the retreat from Moscow ; Letters in exile: Fontamara -- Bread and wine: the picaresque saint ; Trials of the word ; The politics of charity -- Epilogue: William Faulkner: the hero in the new world: The Steinbeck perspective ; Faulkner in the old world ; "The bear": America transcended ; The loss of impurity -- 6. Graham Greene: the religious affair: Between the horror and the glory ; The destructive element ; The "Trilogy" ; The divine intrigue -- Epilogue: The shared reality: the shadow of André Malraux.

LCCN:

59005403

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)