Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide /
A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian countervision to the 'suicidal'...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Catholic University of America Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian countervision to the 'suicidal' ethos he has documented. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 299 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813231273 0813231272 |