Introduction: Towards A Marian-catholic Pedagogy Of American Fiction -- Had There Been A Papist: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter -- Of Lascivious Mysticism And Other Hibernian Matters: Frederic's The Damnation Of Theron Ware -- Vouchsafed By The Holy Ghost: Chopin's The Awakening -- Densher's Crucifixion - Or A Beautiful, Beneficent Dishonesty?: James' The Wings Of The Dove -- Our Lady Of Art: Cather's Coming, Aphrodite! -- The Carraway Confessional: Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby -- No Forgiveness In Heaven, No Forgetting In Hell: Cather's The Professor's House -- Feast Of Our Lady Of Desire, Resplendent: Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Thomas J. Ferraro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.