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How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic

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How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic 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.

With appeals to staples of the Catholic literary tradition such as Flannery O’Connor and Evelyn Waugh, to the often-sidelined works of Léon 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.

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 dramatize the workings of grace upon nature. His analysis also bears a sacramental vision, articulating the ways in which seen images point to unseen realities. How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic 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.

Includes 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.

Author:
Joshua Hren
Publication Date:
May 4, 2021
Pages:
480
Product Format:
Hardcover
SKU:
2916
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Editorial Reviews

Christine Flanagan (author/editor The Letters of Flannery O’Connor and Caroline Gordon)

“Joshua Hren’s How to Read (and Write) Like A Catholic pays tribute to a wide range of notable authors from the Catholic literary tradition. But what follows Hren’s exquisite and original exploration of literary texts is a quiet challenge: a Catholic writer whose work finds deep relevance in our age will be one who shrugs off easy platitudes and instead pursues an unflinching moral, intellectual, and artistic engagement.”

Joseph Pearce (author of Catholic Literary Giants: A Field Guide to the Catholic Literary Landscape)

“Joshua Hren shows us how to read well by delving deeply into the well of living meaning to be found in great literature. Learning to read (and write) like a Catholic is to leave the shallows to swim in the depths and to step out of the shadows into the light. It is life changing.”

James Matthew Wilson (Poet-in-Residence, Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Liturgy)

"Joshua Hren’s How to Read (and Write) like a Catholic is not just another thick, square book. It is a catechism that will guide you through the long Catholic literary tradition, stopping along the way to introduce you to its best authors and to examine the great questions of judgment and craft that every reader and every writer must consider. This is not just a new book by an important young author; it is the fruit of an entire tradition. It is no mere survey; it is an introduction to a way of living well within the human drama of Christianity."