Author: Shūsaku Endō
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811211420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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The acclaimed short stories of the master Japanese writer.

Author: Shūsaku Endō
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804815215
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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Author: Shûsaku Endô
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Languages : en
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Author: 遠藤周作
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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The stories from this collection share many of the themes that are familiar to Endo's novels: the struggle to maintain Christian faith in a Japanese context, the muted drama of hospital life, the spiritual doubts that lie beneath the surface of everyday life. They draw generously on the author's experiences and, on one level, can be read as a fictional autobiography. In particular, Endo explores what it means to be a member of the "war generation", the group with perhaps the greatest sense of personal and national loss in the history of Japanese civilization.

Author: David Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134209061
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Grief and mourning are generally considered to be private, yet universal instincts. But in a media age of televised funerals and visible bereavement, elegies are increasingly significant and open to public scrutiny. Providing an overview of the history of the term and the different ways in which it is used, David Kennedy: outlines the origins of elegy, and the characteristics of the genre examines the psychology and cultural background underlying works of mourning explores how the modern elegy has evolved, and how it differs from ‘canonical elegy’, also looking at female elegists and feminist readings considers the elegy in the light of writing by theorists such as Jacques Derrida and Catherine Waldby looks at the elegy in contemporary writing, and particularly at how it has emerged and been adapted as a response to terrorist attacks such as 9/11. Emphasising and explaining the significance of elegy today, this illuminating guide to an emotive literary genre will be of interest to students of literature, media and culture.

Author: Mark W. Dennis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1623569834
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Shusaku Endo is celebrated as one of Japan's great modern novelists, often described as "Japan's Graham Greene," and Silence is considered by many Japanese and Western literary critics to be his masterpiece. Approaching Silence is both a celebration of this award-winning novel as well as a significant contribution to the growing body of work on literature and religion. It features eminent scholars writing from Christian, Buddhist, literary, and historical perspectives, taking up, for example, the uneasy alliance between faith and doubt; the complexities of discipleship and martyrdom; the face of Christ; and, the bodhisattva ideal as well as the nature of suffering. It also frames Silence through a wider lens, comparing it to Endo's other works as well as to the fiction of other authors. Approaching Silence promises to deepen academic appreciation for Endo, within and beyond the West. Includes an Afterword by Martin Scorsese on adapting Silence for the screen as well as the full text of Steven Dietz's play adaptation of Endo's novel.

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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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Author: George Thomas Kurian
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810872838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 734

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The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a significant function in history, and teachers and students need to be reminded of this powerful literary legacy. Covering 2,000 years, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this two-volume set also includes 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works. These essays examine the evolution of Christian thought as reflected in the literature of every age. The companion volume also features bibliographies, an index, a timeline of Christian Literature, and a list of the greatest Christian authors. The encyclopedia will appeal not only to scholars and Christian evangelicals, but students and teachers in seminaries and theological schools, as well as to the growing body of Christian readers and bibliophiles.

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Category : Chinese drama
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: Martin Grzimek
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811211529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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A detective novel which offers a gripping overview of the purpose and function of poetic fiction in the twenty-first century.