The Good Myth of Greene's The Power and the Glory.
The Power and the Glory portrays Greene's firsthand experience of Mexican politics and religion. The figure of the priest allows Greene to work within the anatomy of sainthood. In having submitted to the will of God, the priest has come to an understanding of God in the phenomenal world. Thus is the mythic connection to the archetypal Christian past sealed. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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