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100	1		_aBuechner, Frederick, _d1926-
245	1	0	_aSpeak what We Feel : _b(not what we ought to say) ; reflections on literature and faith / _cFrederick Buechner.
260			_aSan Francisco : _bHarperSanFrancisco, _cc2001.
300			_axi, 161 p. ; _c21 cm.
520	1		_a"In this compelling book, the great contemporary spiritual writer and novelist Frederick Buechner plumbs the mysteries and truths behind the literature that speaks to him most powerfully. Buechner presents the four authors who have been his greatest influences, focusing on the question that has emerged at the center of his life - how to face mortality, failure, and tragedy.
520	8		_aThrough sensitive biographical exploration and close reading of Gerard Manley Hopkins's sublime later sonnets, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, and William Shakespeare's most powerful play, King Lear, Buechner invites readers to discover the deeper joy and purpose of reading.
520	8		_aHe shows how these writers - by putting their passion and pain into their work - have enabled him to bear the weight of his own grief and sadness by "speaking out from under the burden of theirs." Buechner's ruminations on their writings leads to the revelation that God accepts us for doing the best we can, even if our lives are in some ways a failure; even if we have lived a life haunted by tragedy, as Buechner's has been haunted by his father's suicide."--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aChesterton, G. K. _q(Gilbert Keith), _d1874-1936. _tMan who was Thursday.
600	1	0	_aHopkins, Gerard Manley, _d1844-1889 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aTwain, Mark, _d1835-1910. _tAdventures of Huckleberry Finn.
600	1	0	_aShakespeare, William, _d1564-1616. _tKing Lear.
650		0	_aEnglish literature _xHistory and criticism. _920334
650		0	_aChristianity and literature _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aChristianity and literature _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFaith in literature.
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