The late Dr. Ralph McInerny, Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Notre Dame du Lac, once commented that some Catholic
novels are so good, they're bad. He meant that the heroes are so
virtuous that you simply can't believe them. Worse, the novels try
so hard to be "Catholic" that they fail to be catholic, that is,
universal, or even any sort of realistic commentary on the human
condition. Worst of all are probably the novels that try to imitate
the authors profiled in this appreciation of the fiction of
Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman (1802-1865), John Henry Cardinal Newman
(1801-1890), and Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). Part of
this is due to the fact that many people misunderstand not only why
these writers wrote, but what they wrote. Benson's wonderfully
barbed satire, for example, endeared him to Evelyn Waugh, yet it is
often characterized as "prophecy" This collection of biographical
sketches and essays by Mr. Michael D. Greaney, Director of Research
at the interfaith, all-volunteer think tank, the Center for
Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.,
does much to dispel the misimpressions and misunderstandings many
people might have of the novels of Wiseman, Newman, and Benson.
More than that, this compendium introduces these works to a new
generation of readers, and makes it clear that the authors wrote
for everyone, not just for Catholics, or even Christians.
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