{"product_id":"9783030082246","title":"God and Self in the Confessional Novel","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGod and Self in the Confessional Novel\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSykes, Jr., John D.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and Self in the Confessional Novel \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the question: what happened to the theological practice of confession when it entered the modern novel?  Beginning with the premise that guilt remains a universal human concern, this book considers confession via the classic confessional texts of Augustine and Rousseau. Employing this framework, John D. Sykes, Jr. examines Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e, Dostoevsky’s \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, Percy’s \u003ci\u003eLancelot\u003c\/i\u003e, and McEwan’s \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e to investigate the evolution of confession and guilt in literature from the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-12-22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030082246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-91322-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 157\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47526096994444,"sku":"9783030082246","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030082246.jpg?v=1776029790","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030082246","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}