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 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 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
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
O’Brien, 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
Bookman’s 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, 1888–1965. R 016.282 G946
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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
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Catholic Authors: Biographical Sketches. [1952] R 928 H693c, 1952
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Catholic Authors: Contemporary Biographical
Sketches. [1948] R 928 H693c
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Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. [2001] R
809.892 C2869w
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Dictionary of American Catholic Biography. [1984] R
922.2 D337d, 1984
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Dictionary of Catholic Biography. [1961] R 922.2 D337
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Negro Catholic
Writers, 1900—1943: A Bio-Bibliography. [1945] R 928 S282n
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American Catholic
Identities series. 282.73 A3589
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The Best Catholic
Writing series. 282 B4643c
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Book of Catholic
Authors: (First Series). Informal Self-Portraits of Famous Modern Catholic
Writers. [1942] 928.1 B724
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Catholic
Anthology; The World’s Great Catholic Poetry. [1939] 808.81 W227c2
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Catholic Spirit
in Modern English Literature. [1967] 820.9
S562
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Catholic Tradition in English Literature. [1926] 820.8 C331ca
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Century of the Catholic Essay. [1946] 808.84
G878
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The Golden Book of Catholic
Poetry. [1946] 808.81 N952g
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Joyce Kilmer’s
Anthology of Catholic Poets. [1937] 821.082 K48an
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A Round Table Of The Representative American Catholic Novelists: At Which
Is Served A Feast Of Excellent Stories. [1896] 808.83 R859
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Substance of Things Hoped For: Short Fiction by Modern Catholic Authors.
[1987] 808.831 B842s, 1987
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The Vital Tradition: The Catholic Novel in a Period
of Convergence. [1970] 809.3 K29v.
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World’s Greatest Catholic
Literature. 808.89 S562w.
Literary Criticisms and
History – Reference and Main Stacks
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Cambridge History
of Early Christian Literature. R 270.1 C1443h, 2004
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Catholic Literary
Opinion in the Twentieth Century. [1958] 809.8 V839
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Catholic Literary
Revival: Three Phases in its Development
from 1845 to the Present. [1935] 809 A375c
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Exploring
Catholic Literature: A Companion and
Resource Guide. [2003] 809.933 R2715e
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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:
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American Drama – Catholic Authors
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American Fiction – Catholic Authors
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American Literature – Catholic Authors
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American Poetry – Catholic Authors
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Catholic Authors
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Catholic Authors – American Literature
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Catholic Authors – Biography
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Catholic Church – In Literature
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Catholic Church – Periodicals
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Catholic Drama
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Catholic Literature
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Catholics -- Fiction
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Catholics In Literature
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Catholics –
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English Fiction – Catholic Authors
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English Literature – Catholic Authors
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English Poetry – Catholic Authors
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English Prose Literature – Catholic
Authors
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European Literature – Catholic Authors
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French Fiction – Catholic Authors
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French Literature – Catholic Authors
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French Prose Literature – Catholic
Authors
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Nuns – Biography
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Nuns in Literature
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Poetry – Catholic Authors
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Press, Catholic
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Saints In Literature
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Short Stories – Catholic Authors
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Short Stories, American – Catholic
Authors
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Short Stories, English – Catholic
Authors
In addition to Catholic university presses,
the following publishers offer literary works by Catholic authors:
Reference Resources Online
Electronic Reference Books
A collection of online reference
books – encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides – on many
specialized topics, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, including
a subject category for folklore, mythology, and literature with links to works
by Catholic authors.
Library
Quick Reference
Links to several online resources for primary and secondary literature. To access: Library homepage >
Quick Reference > Etexts—Literature.
Full-text ebook database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple
disciplines, including reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction Search by
keyword, title, or author. To access: From the library
homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.
Full-text. Brings together
100 dictionaries and other reference books in various subjects into one
searchable database. Includes under Literature
the following resources: guides to American, English, and Irish literature, and
a dictionary of writers and their works.
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Use an online research database to
find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers. ·
To access the databases below, from
the Library’s Articles in
Databases page, select the English Language
& Literature or Theology
category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page. ·
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Recommended Databases
Academic Search Complete
Contains peer-reviewed
journal coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Articles and book reviews covering many academic areas of study, including
arts and literature. Updated daily.
Citations. Indexes articles
from over 12,000 journals, including journals in the humanities. Updated
daily.
Arts
and Humanities Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
Citations. Indexes articles from
1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering
select relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science
journals.
Catholic
Periodicals and Literature Index
Features articles in Roman Catholic periodicals, church
promulgations, papal documents, and books about the Catholic faith that are
authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
Contemporary
Literary Criticism
Collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry
contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, and
sources for further study.
Electronic
Journal Center
Presents over 4300 research journals, covering numerous
subject areas.
Film and Television
Literature Index
Covers the literature about television
and film writing, and provides indexing and abstracts for more than 300
publications and selected coverage of 300 more, including film writing and
reviews.
Humanities
International Complete
Covers articles, essays and reviews in
the humanities, including literary scholarship, as well as original creative
works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings, and illustrations.
Literary Reference Center
Offers information on authors and their
works from reference works, books, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses
& work overviews; literary criticisms; author biographies; full text of
literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems & short stories,
classic novels; author interviews.
MLA
International Bibliography
Citations only. Catalogs books and
articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
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How Do You Find Out if
a Periodical Exists in this Library? ·
Use the ODU Library Catalog to
search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
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A portal to Internet search engines and
directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page. In addition, listed below are web
sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search. Minimum recommended criteria for
evaluating websites:
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Accuracy of the information ·
Authority of the person or group
responsible for the information ·
When the information was created and
last updated For more information, view Evaluating
Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search
page.
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Web Sites—A Selection
British and American Catholic Novelists
http://www.amazon.com/British-and-American-Catholic-Novelists/lm/RSLLRBHI3688U
Catholic
http://libraries.cua.edu/rarecoll/catamer.html
Catholic Authors
http://www.catholicauthors.com
Catholic Books on the Internet
http://jerome2007.tripod.com/catholicbooks_on_the_internet.htm#authorwise
Catholic Classics
http://www.catholicfirst.com/catholicclassics.cfm
Catholics
Read
Catholic
Resources for Bibles, Liturgy & More
http://catholic-resources.org/
Catholic Writers Online
http://www.catholicwritersonline.com
Evelyn Waugh Collection
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/waugh.e.html
Homosexuality and Catholicism Bibliography: Section
XIII Lesbian and Gay Catholic Novels, Short Stories, and Plays.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/lgbcathbib13.html
New
http://www.newoxfordreview.org/reviews-list.jsp
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1928/index.html
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How to find Videos in the ODU Library:
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American
Short Story Collection. Dramatizations of short stories written by some of
America’s greatest writers including film adaptations of short stories by these
Catholic writers: Ernest Hemingway’s Soldier’s
Home, Flannery O’Connor’s Displaced Persons, Katherine Anne Porter’s
Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Willa Cather’s Paul’s Case, F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s Bernice Bobs Her
Hair. 813.0108 A3578s
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Brideshead
Revisited. 823
B851, 1993
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The Dead. 823 D278, 1987
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Entertaining
Angels: The Dorothy Day Story. 922.273 E826a
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An Introduction to Hildegard of Bingen. [1977] 282.092 I61
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An Introduction
to Thomas Merton. [1977] 271.125 I61
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