The philosopher and the storyteller : Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature

Publication Data

• Title The philosopher and the storyteller : Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature
• Author Charles R. Embry
• Publisher University of Missouri Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Columbia, Mo.
• Language English

Contents

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."

Topics

• Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Literature :: Philosophy
• Literature :: History and criticism :: Theory, etc.
• 014594264

The philosopher and the storyteller : Eric Voegelin and twentieth-century literature by Charles R. Embry. ISBN 9780826217905. Published by University of Missouri Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.