{"product_id":"francois-mauriac-a-critical-study","title":"François Mauriac: A Critical Study","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Michael F. Moloney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWidely read, little understood\u003c\/b\u003e—thus could be described the standing of François Mauriac among his fellow Catholics in the twentieth century. Indeed, as Michael F. Moloney writes, “no Catholic writer [was] the subject of more controversy among his co-religionists” than the 1952 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This study aims to set matters to rights with a critical analysis of Mauriac’s ideological and artistic influences; the philosophical structure of his literary world—the “metaphysic of love”; and to correct false impressions that his narratives and characters are defined by misanthropy and pessimism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider, O God, that we are without understanding of ourselves; \u003cbr\u003e that we do not know what we would have and set ourselves \u003cbr\u003e at an infinite distance from our desires…. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Teresa of Ávila)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe world of Mauriac “is the scene of an unending conflict between the claims of the temporal and the eternal, between flesh and spirit. It is…the world of perennial man.” It is thus a world to be visited and revisited in order to more accurately and adequately address the questions of what it means to be human. To that end, \u003ci\u003eFrançois Mauriac: A Critical Study\u003c\/i\u003e proves a capable and careful guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael F. Moloney\u003c\/b\u003e (1903–1960) was a literary scholar and professor at Marquette University. In addition to \u003ci\u003eFrançois Mauriac: A Critical Study\u003c\/i\u003e, his writings include \u003ci\u003eJohn Donne: His Flight from Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eT. S. Eliot and Critical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1952826634\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100030919023,"sku":"978-1952826634","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--463.jpg?v=1781124637","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/francois-mauriac-a-critical-study","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}