Mark Bosco, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and a professor. His areas of research and specialization are in the fields of 20th-Century American and British Literature, the

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literary tradition, aesthetics, art, and the religious imagination. He is an authority on the works of

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer who of ...

and

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a re ...

. Bosco is widely published; his most recent book is ''Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination'', published by

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. He has also given numerous invited lectures and talks. Bosco earned his

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from

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in 2003, his

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from the Jesuit School of Theology in 1998. Prior to August 2017, he was Professor of

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and

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, as well as the former Interim Director of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program. He was also the Director of Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage. Bosco was the founder and former director of the Catholic Studies Minor Program. In 2017, Bosco was appointed the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at

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In addition to leading the campus ministry, he is also a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of English. Bosco was co-writer and co-director with Elizabeth Coffman of the 2019 documentary film ''

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Publications

*"Seeing the Glory: Investigations into Graham Greene's ''The Power and the Glory'' Through the Lens of Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics." ''Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture'' 4: 1 (Winter 2001): 34-53. *"From ''The Power and the Glory'' to ''The Honorary Consul'': The Development of Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination." ''Religion and Literature'' 36: 2 (Summer 2004): 51-74. *"Brutally Real: Why ''The Passion'' Appeals to Young People." ''

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'' CXXXI: 9 (7 May 2004). Rpt. in ''The Best Catholic Writing 2005'', ed. Brian Doyle. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2005. *"

John L'Heureux John Clarke L'Heureux (October 26, 1934 – April 22, 2019) was an American author. L'Heureux was the author of such works of fiction as '' The Miracle'', '' Having Everything'', '' The Shrine at Altamira'', ''Comedians'', '' An Honorable Professio ...

: Charting a Post-Vatican II Literary Imagination." ''Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture'' 40: 2 (Spring 2005): 78-92. *"Consenting to Love: Autobiographical Roots of 'Good Country People.'" ''

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'' 41: 2 (Spring 2005): 283-295. *''Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination''. Oxford University Press, 2005. *"John L'Heureux's ''The Handmaid of Desire'': Desiring the Good Academic Imagination." Chapter in Mark Bosco and Kimberly Rae Connor (editors), ''Academic Novels as Satire: Critical Studies of an Emerging Genre''. Edwin Mellen Press, 2007: 131-145. *"Introduction" to Mark Bosco and David Stagaman (editors), ''Finding God in All Things: Celebrating Bernard Lonergan, John Courtney Murray and Karl Rahner''. Fordham University Press, 2007. *"Erik Langkjaer: The One Flannery 'Used to Go With'." ''The Flannery O'Connor Review'' 5 (2007): 44-55. *"Introduction" to Graham Greene, ''The Honorary Consul''. Penguin Classics, 2008. *"''The Honorary Consul'' and ''Monsignor Quixote'': Charting the Post-Vatican II 'Catholic' Novel." Chapter in William Thomas Hill (editor), ''Lonely Without God: Graham Greene's Quixotic Journey of Faith''.

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, LCC, 2008: 209-222. *"Georges Bernanos and Francis Poulenc: Catholic Convergences in ''Dialogues of the Carmelites''." ''Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture'' 12: 2 (Spring 2009). *(with Beatriz Valverde) "Flannery O'Connor: Catholic and Quixotic". Introduction to Mark Bosco and Beatriz Valverde (editors), ''Reading Flannery O'Connor in Spain: From'' Andalusia ''to Andalucía''. Editorial Universidad de

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, 2020: 7–21.

References

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