Two Montreal Theodicies: Hugh MacLennan's The Watch that Ends the Night and A. M. Klein's The Second Scroll
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Two Montreal Theodicies: Hugh MacLennan's The Watch that Ends the Night and A. M. Klein's The Second Scroll
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| Abstract |
Published in the same decade by two Montreal writers, the author argues that Hugh MacLennan's The Watch That Ends The Night (1959) and A.M. Klein's The Second Scroll (1951) bear comparison at several points. He points out that each novel is strongly autobiographical, resonant with experiences from the authors' lives; each probes the devastating events of twentieth-century history from a mid-century vantage point; each attempts a theodicy, launched by questions about a providential God's role in the historical drama; and each self-consciously breaks new fictional ground, using stylistic techniques appropriate to the demands of a new theme.
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Literature & Theology: an International Journal of Theory, Criticism & Culture
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Vol. 7
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no. 2
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198-206
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June 1993
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en
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James, William Closson. “Two Montreal Theodicies: Hugh MacLennan’s The Watch That Ends the Night and A. M. Klein’s The Second Scroll.” Literature & Theology: an International Journal of Theory, Criticism & Culture Vol. 7, no. 2 (June 1993): 198–206.
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