This guide identifies the
many genres of Catholic literaturedrama, fiction, novels, poetry, and short
storiesavailable from the librarys 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 20th
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.
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Catholic Authors
Following are some Catholic
authors, primarily from the 20th century, whose literary works are
available in the librarys 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
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,
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
Kilmer, Aline
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
OBrien, Edna
O'Brien, Michael David
O'Hara, Mary
O'Neil, Dennis
O'Neill,
Patmore,
Percy,
Pope, Alexander
Porter, Katherine Anne
Powers, James Farl
Powers, Tim
Procter,
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
Stein, Edith
Tate, Allen
Thompson, Francis
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Vernes, Jules
Waugh, Auberon
Wiechert, Ernst Emil
Wolfe, Tom
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Catholic
Bookmans Guide: A Critical Evaluation of Catholic Literature. [1962] R 016.80889
C363
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A Dominican
Bibliography and Book of Reference, 1216 1992. R 016.271 A812d
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Early Catholic
Americana: A List of Books and Other
Works by Catholic Authors in the United States, 1729-1830. R 013.282 P272e
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Encyclopedia
of Catholic Literature. [2004] R 809.933 E194c 2 vols.
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Exploring
Catholic Literature: A Companion and
Resource Guide. [2003] 809.933 R2715e.
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The Guide to
Catholic Literature, 18881965. 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.
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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, 19001943: A Bio-Bibliography. [1945] R 928 S282n
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 Worlds 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 Kilmers
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.
Worlds 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
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
In addition to Catholic university
presses, the following publishers offer literary works by Catholic authors: