Ironies of Faith: The Laughter at the Heart of Christian Literature

by Anthony Esolen

Book Overview

In Ironies of Faith, celebrated Dante scholar and translator Anthony Esolen provides a profound meditation upon the use and place of irony in Christian art and in the Christian life. Beginning with an extended analysis of irony as an essentially dramatic device, Esolen explores those manifestations of irony that appear prominently in Christian thinking and art: ironies of time (for Christians believe in divine Providence, but live in a world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933859318
• ISBN13: 9781933859316
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"