Godric

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Godric is a 1980 historical novel by Frederick Buechner that fictionalizes the life and spiritual journey of the medieval English saint Godric of Finchale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
author Frederick Buechner
awardNomination Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awardNominationYear 1981
basedOn Godric of Finchale
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed by literary critics
followedByInAuthorOeuvre Brendan
genre Christian fiction
biographical novel
historical fiction
hasCharacter Aedlred
Burcwen
Ethelyn
surface form: Hedwic

Perkin
Reginald of Durham
William
hasInfluenceOn modern Christian literary fiction
hasSubject asceticism
grace
hermit life
medieval Christianity
memory and storytelling
moral struggle
saintliness
includedIn Frederick Buechner bibliography
language English
literaryMovement contemporary Christian literature
mainCharacter Godric of Finchale
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrator Godric of Finchale
notableFor fictionalizing the life of the medieval English saint Godric of Finchale
originalMediaType print
pageCountApproximate 200–250 pages
precededByInAuthorOeuvre The Entrance to Porlock
publicationYear 1980
publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers
surface form: Atheneum
settingPeriod Middle Ages
settingPlace England
subjectOccupation hermit
merchant
pilgrim
subjectReligion Christianity
theme Christian spirituality
pilgrimage
sin and redemption
spiritual journey

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Carl notableWork Godric
subject surface form: Carl Frederick Buechner