{"product_id":"god-and-self-in-the-john-d-sykes-jr-9783319913216","title":"God and Self in the Confessional Novel","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Sykes Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319913212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319913216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d","brand":"John D. Sykes Jr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579924463871,"sku":"9783319913216","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5d0cec-9a3f-4401-8077-a8f9e5e5a78c.jpg?v=1763877608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-and-self-in-the-john-d-sykes-jr-9783319913216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}