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Book cover image of Christ and Apollo: The Dimensions of the Literary Imaginations by William F. Lynch

Authors: William F. Lynch, Glenn C. Arbery
ISBN-13: 9781932236224, ISBN-10: 1932236228
Format: Paperback
Publisher: ISI Books
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: William F. Lynch

Book Synopsis

Christ and Apollo, originally published in 1960, is a classic of literar criticism. For anyone interested in understanding what distinguishes great literature, it is an essential text.

Author Bio:William F. lunch, S.J. (1908-1987) was born and educated in New York city, taking his doctorate from Fordham University in 1942 and later teaching at Georgetown University. In the early 1950s, he became the editor of Thought, a leading Catholic journal of the time. Besides Christ and Apollo, Lunch's works of philosophy and criticism include The Image Industries, The Integrated Mind, and Christ and Prometheus.

Table of Contents

The act called existence
IThe definite9
IITime47
IIITragedy91
IVComedy125
VThe univocal and equivocal153
VIThe analogical179
VIIThe theological imagination217
VIIIThe Christian imagination249
Supplements
1On the definite267
2On time279
3On analogy : a bibliography297
4Medieval exegesis301

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