One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of "In Cold Blood" (1966), a work of literary journalism that recounts the slaughter of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. But he also wrote numerous short stories, dozens of nonfiction pieces for popular magazines, several other novels, and some works for Hollywood and Broadway. Unlike "In Cold Blood, " many of his earlier works were criticized for their focus on character at a time when other writers were using fiction to explore historical events and social and...
One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of "In Cold Blood" (1966), a wor...
David Carroll Cochran John C. Waldmeir Andrew J. Auge
From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the Catholic Church in Ireland now faces collapse. Devastated by a series of reports on clerical sexual abuse, challenged publicly during several political battles, and painfully aware of plunging Mass attendance, the Irish Church today is confronted with the loss of its institutional legitimacy. This study is the first international and interdisciplinary attempt to consider the scope of the problem, analyze issues that are crucial to the Irish context, and identify signs of...
From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the Catholic Church in Ireland n...
