Sacred Realism
Religion and the Imagination in Modern Spanish Narrative
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Spanish & Portuguese
| Author: | Noel Valis | ISBN: | 9780300152357 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press | Publication: | April 27, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Noel Valis |
| ISBN: | 9780300152357 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Publication: | April 27, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Language: | English |
In this thoughtful and compelling book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noël Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have focused largely on religious themes, Sacred Realism views the religious impulse as a crisis of modernity: a fundamental catalyst in the creative and moral development of Spanish narrative.
In this thoughtful and compelling book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noël Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have focused largely on religious themes, Sacred Realism views the religious impulse as a crisis of modernity: a fundamental catalyst in the creative and moral development of Spanish narrative.
