Product Description

In a series of essays, the author examines the connection between literature and religious belief, in a wide group of writers. He re-appraises the writing of such figures as Thomas More, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, Anton Chekov, Thomas Mann, Nikolai Gogol, Gustave Flaubert and Virginia Woolf, reading them against the grain of received opinion, and relating them to questions of religious and philosophical belief. Writers such as Martin Amis, Thomas Pynchon and George Steiner are also discussed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99714 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 329 pages

Customer Reviews

The best book of criticism currently available.
This really is an astonishing book. Wood is not popular with the Eng. lit. establishment, but that's because he is's not chicken when it comes to telling the truth. He exposes bad work and beautifully lights up great work -- like Chekhov and Woolf. I've enjoyed his essays and reviews in the Guardian and the London Review of Books for several years, and I'm not at all disappointed by the talent on display in this book. This guy really can write!