Sigrid Undset: A Study in Christian Realism Fenton Blum is Professor of History

Blum is Professor of History and Philosophy and Academic Dean at The Aug­ustine Institute

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the fruit of thirty years of research and writing

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Sigrid Undset: A Study in Christian Realism Fenton Blum is Professor of HistoryBy A. H. Winsnes The realism of Christianity is indomitable, Sigrid Undset once wrote. The same could be said of her own realism. From incisive novels of modern life to richly detailed medieval sagas, Undset was peerless in her literary treatment of human life. Sigrid Undset: A Study in Christian Realism follows Undset from childhood to adulthood, from agnosticism to Catholicism, and from fledgling author to one of the twentieth centurys true