Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide by John F. Desmond (Engl

Description: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide by John F. Desmond Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Presents a study of the phenomenon of suicide in modern and post-modern society as represented in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy. In his study, suicide is understood in both a literal and spiritual sense as referring to both the actual suicides in their works and to the broader social malaise of spiritual suicide. Publisher Description Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide is a study of the phenomenon of suicide in modern and post-modern society as represented in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy. In his study, suicide is understood in both a literal and spiritual sense as referring to both the actual suicides in their works and to the broader social malaise of spiritual suicide, or despair. In the 19th century Dostoevsky called suicide ""the terrible question of our age"". For his part, Percy understood 20th century Western culture as ""suicidal"" in both its social, political and military behavior and in the deeper sense that its citizenry had suffered an ontological ""loss of self"" or ""deformation"" of being. Likewise, Thomas Merton called the 20th century an ""age of suicide"". John Desmond examines the cultural ethos of suicide as it is developed in eleven major works of fiction?Dostoevskys Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov; and Percys The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, Love in the Ruins, Lancelot, The Second Coming and The Thanatos Syndrome. His study is analogical and progressive in that it demonstrates how Percy ""furthered"" Dostoevskys prophetic insights and intuitions about suicide as they evolved in modern Western culture. It reveals how the spiritual, moral and ideological conditions that Dostoevsky analyzed in the latter 19th century came to prophetic?and dire?fulfillment in the 20th century, as Percy observed. The study develops its argument through a close analysis of themes, characters, actions and images that reveal both correspondence between and development from Dostoevsky to Percy. In the Epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian counter-vision to the suicidal ethos of the age. Author Biography John F. Desmond is the author of Gravity and Grace: Seamus Heaney and the Force of Light; Flannery OConnors Vision of History; At the Crossroads: Ethical and Religious Themes in the Writings of Walker Percy, and Walker Percys Search for Community. Details ISBN 0813231272 ISBN-13 9780813231273 Title Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide Author John F. Desmond Format Hardcover Year 2019 Pages 277 Publisher The Catholic University of America Press GE_Item_ID:136587661; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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