{"product_id":"hard-sayings-the-rhetoric-of-christian-orthodoxy-in-late-modern-fiction-paperback","title":"Hard Sayings: The Rhetoric of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Haddox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard Sayings: The Rhetoric of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas F. Haddox examines the work of six avowedly Christian writers of fiction in the period from World War II to the present. This period is often characterized in western societies by such catchphrases as \"postmodernism\" and \"secularization,\" with the frequent implication that orthodox belief in the dogmas of Christianity has become untenable among educated readers. How, then, do we account for the continued existence of writers of self-consciously literary fiction who attempt to persuade readers of the truth, desirability, and utility of the dogmas of Christianity? Is it possible to take these writers' efforts on their own terms and to understand and evaluate the rhetorical strategies that this kind of persuasion might entail?\u003cbr\u003e Informed by the school of rhetorical narratology that includes such critics as Wayne Booth, James Phelan, and Richard Walsh, \u003ci\u003eHard Sayings\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh new readings of fictive works by Flannery O'Connor, Muriel Spark, John Updike, Walker Percy, Mary Gordon, and Marilynne Robinson. In its argument that orthodox Christianity, as represented in fiction, still has the power to persuade and to trouble, it contributes to ongoing debates about the nature and scope of modernity, postmodernity, and secularization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas F. Haddox is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51789529284896,"sku":"9780814256404","price":59.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ce7f13713564bb0e9514484c1eb1b95.webp?v=1780667138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hard-sayings-the-rhetoric-of-christian-orthodoxy-in-late-modern-fiction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}