{"product_id":"the-divine-face-in-four-maurice-hunt-9781501333965","title":"The Divine Face in Four Writers: Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Hesse, and C. S. Lewis","description":"An important contribution to studies in literature and religion, \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Face in Four Writers\u003c\/i\u003e traces the influence of Christian and Classical prototypes in ideas and depictions of the divine face, and the centrality of facial expressions in characterization, in the works of William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Hermann Hesse, and C.S. Lewis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Hunt explores both the human yearning to \u003ci\u003esee \u003c\/i\u003ethe divine face from post-Apostolic time to the 20th century, as reflected in religion, myth, and literature by writers such as Augustine, Shakespeare, Hardy and Dostoyevsky, as well as the significance of the \u003ci\u003ehidden \u003c\/i\u003edivine face in writings by Spenser, Milton, Hesse, and Lewis. A final coda briefly detailing Emmanuel Levinas's system of ethics, based on the human face and its encounters with other faces, allows Hunt to focus on specific moments in the writings of the four major writers discussed that have particular ethical value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501333968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501333965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Maurice Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935196807423,"sku":"9781501333965","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fcb06cd3-ae7e-4067-b104-e1890d93bafa.jpg?v=1681418418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-divine-face-in-four-maurice-hunt-9781501333965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}