{"product_id":"how-to-read-and-write-like-a-catholic-hardcover","title":"How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Hren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Only a Christian, nay a mystic, because he has some idea of what there is in man, can be a complete novelist.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Jacques Maritain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Literature . . . is the science or history partly and at best of the natural man, partly of man in rebellion. It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of sinful man. \u003cbr\u003e --Saint John Henry Newman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it. \u003cbr\u003e --Flannery O'Connor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping survey of some of the finest literary works ever written by our fallen and yet redeemed race. Joshua Hren takes readers on a tour that spans centuries and explores our broken path to salvation, passing through stories known to many but perhaps understood by few, and others that merit a broader readership. \u003cbr\u003e With appeals to staples of the Catholic literary tradition such as Flannery O'Connor and Evelyn Waugh, to the often-sidelined works of L on Bloy, Caroline Gordon, and Christopher Beha, to the masterpieces of even those who were distanced from the Church--Flaubert and James Joyce and Chekhov; Hemingway and David Foster Wallace and George Saunders--Hren sheds light on stories that grapple with matters essential to Catholics. \u003cbr\u003e His intrinsically Catholic approach to the study of literature examines the presence of conversion in great literary texts, and considers the way in which writers \u003ci\u003edramatize the workings of grace upon nature\u003c\/i\u003e. His analysis also bears a sacramental vision, articulating the ways in which seen images point to unseen realities. \u003ci\u003eHow to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e searches out the persistence of Catholic ideas, images, and concerns in purportedly secular and postmodern stories. It is a love letter to the Christic imagination which incarnates human nature as having its final end not in the characters' self-actualization, but in their salvation, giving readers of this work a deeper understanding of how the power of story can lead them closer to Christ. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes a section for aspiring writers devoted to the techniques and devices that make good fiction, as well as a list of must-read literary works by which all Catholics can be enriched.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Hren is founder of Wiseblood Books and co-founder of the Honors College at Belmont Abbey where he teaches and writes at the intersection of Christianity and culture. He has published essays and poems in such journals as\u003ci\u003e First Things, America, and LOGOS\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include the short story collections\u003ci\u003e This Our Exile\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e In the Wine Press\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eMiddle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: Tolkien and Political Philosophy.\u003c\/i\u003e Joshua's first novel is forthcoming. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767670079776,"sku":"9781505118667","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9c0231d9e7b51c4ff9f1095e69ebd79f.webp?v=1780314888","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-read-and-write-like-a-catholic-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}