Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner Dostoyevsky Werfel and Bernanos

<p>First published in 1988 the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner Dostoyevsky Werfel and Bernanos the work explains why novels with a single definite commitment tend to be implausible and lacking in aesthetic unity. </p><p>This book will be of interest to those studying religion in 19th Century literature.</p>