"Much to repent and repair": Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour and Modern War Literature
Although Evelyn Waugh's World War II trilogy Sword of Honour is often read for its distinctly Roman Catholic critique of the war, not enough attention has been paid to the central role that the sacrament of penance plays in Waugh's depiction of the war and the narrative structure of the tr...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Φόρτωση...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Christianity & literature
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 68, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 559-579 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CD Χριστιανισμός και Πολιτισμός KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία ΝΒΡ Δόγμα των Μυστηρίων, Μυστήρια |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Confession
B war literature B Evelyn Waugh B twentieth-century British literature B Penance |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | Although Evelyn Waugh's World War II trilogy Sword of Honour is often read for its distinctly Roman Catholic critique of the war, not enough attention has been paid to the central role that the sacrament of penance plays in Waugh's depiction of the war and the narrative structure of the trilogy. Guy Crouchback's spiritual journey towards true repentance during the war is echoed formally by Waugh's construction of a retrospective and didactic narrative that encourages the reader to look back and reflect, resulting in a war literature that is Catholic both in content and form. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333119827132 |
