Much has been written about Graham Greene's relationship to his Catholic faith and its privileged place within his texts. His early books are usually described as 'Catholic Novels' - understood as a genre that not only uses Catholic belief to frame the issues of modernity, but also offers Catholicism's vision and doctrine as a remedy to the present crisis in Western civilization. Greene's later work, by contrast, is generally regarded as falling into political and detective genres. In this book, Mark Bosco argues that this is a false dichotomy created by a narrowly prescriptive understanding of the Catholic genre and obscures the impact of Greene's developing religious imagination on his literary art.

About the Author
Mark Bosco, S.J. is Assistant Professor of English and Theology at Loyola University Chicago.

Reviews
Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination establishes new paradigms of considerable importance. Time, I feel certain will justify Father Bosco's reading of the late Graham Greene. * America *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195177152
Author Mark Bosco
Format Hardback
Page Count 214
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 439g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 162mm * 18mm