Posted in Reference books, Suggestions for further reading on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature
edited by Mary R. Reichardt
Greenwood Press, 2004
ISBN 0-313-32289-9 (set)
Most reference books on Catholic fiction were written before or during the heyday of Catholic fiction and literary criticism in the 50’s and early 60’s when Catholic culture had a tendency to be more parochial in nature and reference books more didactic. A recent [...]
Posted in Reference books, Suggestions for further reading on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Catholic Novel: An Annotated Bibliography
by Albert J. Menendez
Garland Publishing, 1988
ISBN: 0824085345
This bibliography is a treasure trove of obscure Catholic novels. Many of these titles Menendez found scouring used bookstores, that haven of serendipity that is, alas, rapidly disappearing. The introduction begins with a short history of the Catholic novel beginning in the nineteenth-century for [...]
