This guide identifies the many genres of Catholic literature—drama, fiction, novels, poetry, and short stories—available from the library’s collection of books, databases, periodicals, and videos. Listed are many resources for finding information by and about Catholic authors in various biographies, bibliographies, book reviews, and literary criticisms. Film lovers will enjoy the list of film adaptations based on works by 20^th century Catholic literary writers. Noteworthy websites for learning about Catholic literature appear in this guide also.

Excluded from this guide are biblical, devotional, historical, political, religious, spiritual, and theological literature by Catholic writers and works written by saints.

Finding Books

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Catholic Authors

Following are some Catholic authors, primarily from the 20^th century, whose literary works are available in the library’s collection:

Alexie, Sherman

Alighieri, Dante

Allen, John L.

Alvarez, Julia

Angelo, Valenti

App, Austin Joseph

Bainbridge, Beryl

Baird, Mary Julian

Banning, Margaret Culkin

Baring, Maurice

Belloc, Hilaire

Benson, Robert Hugh

Bernanos, Georges

Blatty, William Peter

Bloy, Leon

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Boll, Heinrich

Borden, Lucille Papin

Boucher, Anthony

Brady, Charles Andrew

Breig, Joseph Anthony

Brophy, Liam

Brownson, Orestes

Buckley, Christopher

Buckley, William F., Jr.

Burgess, Anthony

Burton, Katherine

Bussard, Paul

Campbell, Roy

Cary, Elizabeth Luther

Cather, Willa

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chesterton, G.K.

Christine, de Pisan

Cisneros, Sandra

Clancy, Tom

Clark, Mary Higgins

Claudel, Paul

Colum, Padraic

Connolly, Myles

Connolly, Terence Leo

Cookson, Catherine

Coren, Michael

Craig, David

Crowley, John

Cullinan, Elizabeth

De Wohl, Louis

Derleth, August

Dillard, Annie

Dinesen, Isak

Dooley, Roger Burke

Doty, William Lodewick

Dryden, John

Eliot, T.S.

Endo, Shusaku

Erasmus, Desiderius

Erdrich, Louise

Everson, William

Ferlita, Ernest

Ferre, Rosario

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Flaubert, Gustave

Ford, Ford Madox

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Gioia, Dana

Godden, Rumer

Goggin, Dan

Gordon, Caroline

Gordon, Mary

Greeley, Andrew

Green, Julien

Greene, Graham

Guiney, Louise Imogen

Hansen, Ron

Harland, Henry

Heaney, Seamus

Hemingway, Ernest

Herbert, Frank

Hillerman, Tony

Hopkins, Gerard Manley

Horgan, Paul

Houselander, Caryll

Hughes, Riley

Hulme, Kathryn C.

Joyce, James

Juana Ines de la Cruz, Sister

Kaye-Smith, Sheila

Kazantzakis, Nikos

Keneally, Thomas

Kerr, Jean

Keyes, Frances Parkinson

Kilmer, Aline Murray

Kilmer, Joyce

Lafferty, R.A.

Lavin, Mary

Lax, Robert

Le Fort, Gertrud

Levertov, Denise

Maitland, Sara

Manzoni, Alessandro

Maritain, Jacques

Maritain, Raissa

Marshall, Bruce

Mauriac, Francois

Maynard, Theodore

McCann, Janet

McCarthy, Mary

McCourt, Frank

Merton, Thomas

Meynell, Alice

Miesel, Sandra

Miller, Walter M. Jr.

Milosz, Czeslaw

Moore, Brian

More, Thomas

Morrison, Toni

Nagle, Urban

Newman, John Henry

Norris, Kathleen

Noyes, Alfred

O’Brien, Edna

O’Connor, Flannery

O'Brien, Michael David

O'Hara, Mary

O'Neil, Dennis

O'Neill, Eugene

Patmore, Coventry

Percy, Walker

Pope, Alexander

Porter, Katherine Anne

Powers, James Farl

Powers, Tim

Procter, Adelaide Anne

Rabe, David

Ready, William Bernard

Reilly, Joseph John

Remarque, Erich Maria

Rengers, Christopher

Rice, Anne

Roseliep, Raymond

Rossetti, Christina Georgina

Sayers, Dorothy L.

Sayers, Valerie

Sayles, John

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Sitwell, Edith Dame

Smith, Kevin

Spark, Muriel

Stein, Edith

Tate, Allen

Thompson, Francis

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Undset, Sigrid

Vernes, Jules

Watts, Neville Hunter

Waugh, Auberon

Waugh, Evelyn

Wiechert, Ernst Emil

Wolfe, Tom

Bibliographies – Reference and Main Stacks

· Catholic Bookman’s Guide: A Critical Evaluation of Catholic Literature. [1962] R 016.80889 C363

· A Dominican Bibliography and Book of Reference, 1216 – 1992. R 016.271 A812d

· Early Catholic Americana: A List of Books and Other Works by Catholic Authors in the United States, 1729-1830. R 013.282 P272e

· Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature. [2004] R 809.933 E194c 2 vols.

· Exploring Catholic Literature: A Companion and Resource Guide. [2003] 809.933 R2715e.

· The Guide to Catholic Literature, 1888–1965. R 016.282 G946

• Masterpieces of Catholic Literature in Summary Form. [1940] R 208.2 M194ca

Biographies and Bio-Bibliographies – Reference

For biographical sketches of the life and works of authors, as well as lists of works by subject, author, or title, consult the sources that follow.

· American Catholic Convert Authors: A Bio-Bibliography. [1944] R 013.282 D249am

• Catholic Authors: Biographical Sketches. [1952] R 928 H693c, 1952

• Catholic Authors: Contemporary Biographical Sketches. [1948] R 928 H693c

• Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. [2001] R 809.892 C2869w

• Dictionary of American Catholic Biography. [1984] R 922.2 D337d, 1984

• Dictionary of Catholic Biography. [1961] R 922.2 D337

• Negro Catholic Writers, 1900—1943: A Bio-Bibliography. [1945] R 928 S282n

Guides & Anthologies to Catholic Literature – Main Stacks

• American Catholic Identities series. 282.73 A3589

• The Best Catholic Writing series. 282 B4643c

• Book of Catholic Authors: (First Series). Informal Self-Portraits of Famous Modern Catholic Writers. [1942] 928.1 B724

• Catholic Anthology; The World’s Great Catholic Poetry. [1939] 808.81 W227c2

• Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature. [1967] 820.9 S562

• Catholic Tradition in English Literature. [1926] 820.8 C331ca

• Century of the Catholic Essay. [1946] 808.84 G878

• The Golden Book of Catholic Poetry. [1946] 808.81 N952g

• Joyce Kilmer’s Anthology of Catholic Poets. [1937] 821.082 K48an

• A Round Table Of The Representative American Catholic Novelists: At Which Is Served A Feast Of Excellent Stories. [1896] 808.83 R859

• Substance of Things Hoped For: Short Fiction by Modern Catholic Authors. [1987] 808.831 B842s, 1987

• The Vital Tradition: The Catholic Novel in a Period of Convergence. [1970] 809.3 K29v.

• World’s Greatest Catholic Literature. 808.89 S562w.

Literary Criticisms and History – Reference and Main Stacks

• Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature. R 270.1 C1443h, 2004

• Catholic Literary Opinion in the Twentieth Century. [1958] 809.8 V839

• Catholic Literary Revival: Three Phases in its Development from 1845 to the Present. [1935] 809 A375c

• Exploring Catholic Literature: A Companion and Resource Guide. [2003] 809.933 R2715e

• A Survey of Catholic Literature. [1945] 809 B879s

How to Find Catholic Literature

Following are some subject headings for conducting catalog or databases searches to Catholic literary works:

• American Drama – Catholic Authors

• American Fiction – Catholic Authors

• American Literature – Catholic Authors

• American Poetry – Catholic Authors

• Catholic Authors

• Catholic Authors – American Literature

• Catholic Authors – Biography

• Catholic Church – In Literature

• Catholic Church – Periodicals

• Catholic Drama

• Catholic Literature

• Catholics -- Fiction

• Catholics In Literature

• Catholics – United States -- Biography

• English Fiction – Catholic Authors

• English Literature – Catholic Authors

• English Poetry – Catholic Authors

• English Prose Literature – Catholic Authors

• European Literature – Catholic Authors

• French Fiction – Catholic Authors

• French Literature – Catholic Authors

• French Prose Literature – Catholic Authors

• Nuns – Biography

• Nuns in Literature

• Poetry – Catholic Authors

• Press, Catholic

• Saints In Literature

• Short Stories – Catholic Authors

• Short Stories, American – Catholic Authors

• Short Stories, English – Catholic Authors

See also these related research guides: (1) American Literature and Literary Analysis, (2) Drama, Film, Theatre, (3) English Literature and Literary Analysis; Humanities, Poetry, and (4) Theology

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

O’Connor, Flannery

Spark, Muriel

Undset, Sigrid

Waugh, Evelyn

Bibliographies – Reference and Main Stacks

Guides & Anthologies to Catholic Literature – Main Stacks

Catholic Publishers

See also these related research guides: (1) American Literature and Literary Analysis, (2) Drama, Film, Theatre, (3) English Literature and Literary Analysis; Humanities, Poetry, and (4) Theology

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries: Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

O’Connor, Flannery

Spark, Muriel

Undset, Sigrid

Waugh, Evelyn

Bibliographies – Reference and Main Stacks

Guides & Anthologies to Catholic Literature – Main Stacks

Catholic Publishers

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.