Walker Percy, the Last Catholic Novelist

by Kieran Quinlan

Book Overview

In this important study, Kieran Quinlan examines the theological principles and religious views that underlay Walker Percy's writing--primarily his belief in the validity and efficacy of the Roman Catholic faith--and offers some new and controversial conclusions.

Quinlan grounds the writer's concerns squarely in the context of the intellectual milieu of the 1940s, citing the influence of Jacques Maritain's The Dream of Descartes and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080712298X
• ISBN13: 9780807122983
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"