Contribution to Book
Giving the Devil His Due: Leeching and Edification of Spirit in The Scarlet Letter and The Witches of Eastwick
John Updike and Religion: The Sense of the Sacred and the Motions of Grace
(1999)
Abstract
The essays collected here evaluate the religious dimension of Updike's prodigious literary vision, looking broadly at Updike's understanding of religion in ordinary human experience, in the context of historic Christianity, and in contemporary American culture.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall October, 1999
Editor
James Yerkes
Publisher
W.B. Eerdmans
ISBN
978-0802838735
Publisher Statement
John Updike and Religion is published by W.B. Eerdmans, https://www.eerdmans.com/. This selection is reprinted here with permission. For purchasing information please see amazon.com.
Citation Information
James Plath. "Giving the Devil His Due: Leeching and Edification of Spirit in The Scarlet Letter and The Witches of Eastwick" Grand Rapids, Mich.John Updike and Religion: The Sense of the Sacred and the Motions of Grace (1999) p. 208 - 227 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_plath/9/