tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45820188915288714872024-03-13T07:43:15.706-07:00The Fiction of John Henry NewmanMichael D. Greaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845375895430004242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582018891528871487.post-213999093658483782013-11-22T05:30:00.001-08:002013-11-22T05:31:49.343-08:00So Much Generosity<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Appreciation of the Fiction of Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson</span></b></span></div>
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The late Dr. Ralph McInerny, Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Notre Dame du Lac, once commented that some Catholic novels are
so good, they’re bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He meant that the
heroes are so virtuous that you simply can’t believe them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worse, the novels try so hard to be
“Catholic” that they fail to be catholic, that is, universal, or even any sort
of realistic commentary on the human condition.</div>
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Worst of all are probably the novels that try to imitate the
authors profiled in this appreciation of the fiction of Nicholas Cardinal
Wiseman (1802-1865), John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), and Monsignor
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of
this is due to the fact that many people misunderstand not only why these
writers wrote, but what they wrote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Benson’s wonderfully barbed satire, for example, endeared him to Evelyn
Waugh, yet it is often characterized as “prophecy”!</div>
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This collection of biographical sketches and essays by Mr.
Michael D. Greaney, Director of Research at the interfaith, all-volunteer think
tank, the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) in Arlington, Virginia,
U.S.A., does much to dispel the misimpressions and misunderstandings many
people might have of the novels of Wiseman, Newman, and Benson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than that, this compendium introduces
these works to a new generation of readers, and makes it clear that the authors
wrote for everyone, not just for Catholics, or even Christians.</div>
<br />Michael D. Greaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845375895430004242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582018891528871487.post-49316254473919502462011-12-27T08:34:00.000-08:002011-12-27T08:38:40.260-08:00Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JY0DdYghzfM/TvnyTYutkMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hDwvy_lCq4U/s1600/9781602100039cov_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JY0DdYghzfM/TvnyTYutkMI/AAAAAAAAAB0/hDwvy_lCq4U/s1600/9781602100039cov_200px.jpg" /></a></div>"Loss and Gain" is the first of Newman's two novels. It is a fictionalized account of Newman's own faith journey, and account of the "Oxford Movement" that shook the English establishment of the day to the core. Potentially rivaling the work of such masters as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the deceptively simple plot presents a profound understanding of the human condition and English society of the early nineteenth century. It can be read with enjoyment and profit by people of every faith. This edition features a foreword by Michael D. Greaney, Director of Research for the Center for Economic and Social Justice in Arlington, Virginia, USA.<br />
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