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The Writings of Norman Maclean: Seeking Truth Amid Tragedy(Western Literature and Fiction Series)


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The Writings of Norman Maclean: Seeking Truth amid Tragedy provides the first critical reassessment of this celebrated author's work in more than a decade. In his study, Timothy P. Schilling focuses on Maclean's attempt, in A River Runs through It and Other Stories and Young Men and Fire, to come to grips with the tragic side of human existence. From the 1938 death of his brother Paul to the 1949 deaths of thirteen firefighters in Montana's Mann Gulch wildfire, Maclean is driven by a desire to discover ultimate meaning—the truth—in the face of haunting tragedy. Through careful analysis of all of Maclean's published works, Schilling highlights the audaciousness of Maclean's quest to wrest free an answer from "the universe." Ever open to scientific, literary, philosophical, and theological ways of viewing reality, Maclean found ambiguity, paradoxically, to be an essential tool for probing the truth. Beyond exploring Maclean's use of this tool, Schilling breaks new ground by considering Maclean's invocation of the Transcendentals in "A River Runs through It," noting the sly homage Maclean pays to Izaak Walton, examining Maclean's often-neglected "Other Stories," assessing Robert Redford's film adaptation of "A River Runs through It," and providing the most thorough exploration of Young Men and Fire yet available. With this book, Schilling offers a current and complete analysis of Maclean—one of the most iconic figures in Western American literature.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter One. The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in "A River Runs through It"Chapter Two. Norman Maclean and Izaak Walton Chapter Three. Norman Maclean's "Other Stories" Chapter Four. Redford's River: An Assessment of the Adaptation Chapter Five. Maclean's Endgame: The Quest for Truth in Young Men and Fire Acknowledgments Works Consulted Notes Index About the Author

About the Author :
Timothy P. Schilling earned a degree in English at Princeton University and then studied theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Since 2003, he has worked as a theologian on the staff of the Center for Parish Spirituality in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. His writings have appeared in Commonwea America, First Things, Image, The Tablet, Communio, and other journals.

Review :
Timothy Schilling does justice to Norman Maclean as a complex figure, providing impressively sustained readings of Maclean as a writer and as a human searching for meaning and truth. Schilling takes readers on a journey of discovery through Maclean's literary and philosophical contributions." - Christopher Schaberg, author of Fly-Fishing, and director of public scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis


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  • ISBN-13: 9781647791674
  • Publisher: University of Nevada Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Nevada Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 175
  • Series Title: Western Literature and Fiction Series
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1647791677
  • Publisher Date: 20 Aug 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Seeking Truth Amid Tragedy


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