Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Abbreviations of Works Cited in the Text | p. xiii |
Prologue: "Composed of Wonders": Literature of the Spirit | p. 1 |
The Philosopher | |
"One of My Permanent Occupations": Eric Voegelin as Literary Critic | p. 13 |
"The Attunement of the Soul": Eric Voegelin's Search of Order | p. 34 |
Writer, Reader, and the Adventure of Participatory Consciousness | p. 50 |
The Storyteller | |
The Barren Quest: Graham Swift's Waterland | p. 63 |
"A Secret between Man and God": Second Reality in Heimito von Doderer's The Demons | p. 80 |
Novel of Divine Presence: Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away | p. 117 |
Epilogue: "Our Love of Life, Children, Our Love of Life" | p. 141 |
Brief Overview of the Literary Topics | p. 151 |
Waterland: Primary Characters and Setting | p. 155 |
Waterland: Chronology by Chapter Title | p. 157 |
Characters from The Demons Included in Chapter 5 | p. 159 |
Heimito von Doderer: Biography, with Events from The Demons | p. 162 |
Glossary | p. 165 |
Works Cited | p. 173 |
Index | p. 181 |
Credits | p. 191 |
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