God and Mammon and What Was Lost

Fran ois Mauriac, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in literature, is one of the most prominent Catholic novelists of the modern era, yet in the English speaking world he is known primarily for only one novel, 1927's Th r se Desqueyroux. In this new translation of two other seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel What Was Lost and its theoretical basis, the 1929 essay God and Mammon, Raymond N. MacKenzie re-introduces Mauriac to the English speaking world. Featuring a scholarly introduction by MacKenzie that provides background on Mauriac's religious and artistic struggles, this new edition will delight scholars of Mauriac as well as contemporary readers previously unfamiliar with his work.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 God and Mammon Chapter 3 What Was Lost

About the author

François Mauriac was one of the great Catholic novelists of the 20th century. Raymond N. MacKenzie is professor of English at the University of St. Thomas.

Summary

In this translation of two seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel "What Was Lost" and its theoretical basis, the 1929 essay "God and Mammon", Raymond MacKenzie re-introduces Mauriac to the English speaking world.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond N. MacKenzie, Francois Mauriac, François Mauriac, Frantois Mauriac
• Assisted by: Raymond N MacKenzie (Translation), Raymond N. MacKenzie (Translation), MacKenzie Raymond N. (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2003
• EAN: 9780742531680
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3168-0
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, RELIGION / Essays, Christianity, Literary essays, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity