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The Power and the Glory, which is probably Greene’s most elaborate and complex novel, has generated extensive critical discussions and comments. The novel has been defined as an allegory, a morality play, or a modern parable and identified with other related genres. These critical classifications suggest a tribute to the structural and artistic perfection of the work, but they also invite the inevitable criticism of excessive didacticism, contrived and improbable situations, manipulation of protagonists and ‘flat’ characters.
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Richard Hoggart, ‘The Force of Caricature’, in S. Hynes (ed.), Graham Greene: A Collection of Critical Essays ( New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1973 ) p. 80.
Kenneth Allott and Miriam Farris, The Art of Graham Greene (New York: Russell & Russell, 1951) pp. 179–82.
John Atkins, ‘Altogether Amen: A Reconsideration of The Power and the Glory’, in Robert O. Evans, Graham Greene: Some Critical Considerations ( Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1963 ) p. 186.
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Erdinast-Vulcan, D. (1988). ‘My Name is Father’ The Power and the Glory. In: Graham Greene’s Childless Fathers. Macmillan Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09013-6_3
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