Overview
The Writings of Norman Maclean: Seeking Truth amid Tragedy provides the first critical reassessment of this celebrated author's work in more than a decade. In his study, Timothy P. Schilling focuses on Maclean's attempt, in A River Runs through It and Other Stories and Young Men and Fire, to come to grips with the tragic side of human existence. From the 1938 death of his brother Paul to the 1949 deaths of thirteen firefighters in Montana's Mann Gulch wildfire, Maclean is driven by a desire to discover ultimate meaning—the truth—in the face of haunting tragedy. Through careful analysis of all of Maclean's published works, Schilling highlights the audaciousness of Maclean's quest to wrest free an answer from ""the universe."" Ever open to scientific, literary, philosophical, and theological ways of viewing reality, Maclean found ambiguity, paradoxically, to be an essential tool for probing the truth. Beyond exploring Maclean's use of this tool, Schilling breaks new ground by considering Maclean's invocation of the Transcendentals in ""A River Runs through It,"" noting the sly homage Maclean pays to Izaak Walton, examining Maclean's often-neglected ""Other Stories,"" assessing Robert Redford's film adaptation of ""A River Runs through It,"" and providing the most thorough exploration of Young Men and Fire yet available. With this book, Schilling offers a current and complete analysis of Maclean—one of the most iconic figures in Western American literature.
Full Product Details
Author: Timothy P. Schilling
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Imprint: University of Nevada Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781647791674
ISBN 10: 1647791677
Pages: 175
Publication Date: 20 August 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Timothy Schilling does justice to Norman Maclean as a complex figure, providing impressively sustained readings of Maclean as a writer and as a human searching for meaning and truth. Schilling takes readers on a journey of discovery through Maclean's literary and philosophical contributions."" --Christopher Schaberg, author of Fly-Fishing, and director of public scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis"
Author Information
Timothy P. Schilling earned a degree in English at Princeton University and then studied theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Since 2003, he has worked as a theologian on the staff of the Center for Parish Spirituality in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. His writings have appeared in Commonwea America, First Things, Image, The Tablet, Communio, and other journals.
