Befriending the Darkness: L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams
In Anne’s House of Dreams, which Elizabeth Epperly calls Montgomery’s most philosophical novel, Montgomery delves into painful topics of loss, suicide, bad marriages, ill-timed love, poverty, and the beautiful-terrible consequences of duty. The result is a complex and nuanced consideration of faithful living in the face of unexplainable evil that functions as a lived theodicy in story form. “I reckon when the darkness is close to us it is a friend. But when we sorter push it away from us—divorce ourselves from it, so to speak, with lantern light—it becomes an enemy.” —L.M. Montgomery, Captain Jim in Anne’s House of Dreams
1978 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 658-659
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1969 ◽
Vol 100
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pp. 703-716
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1971 ◽
Vol 104
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pp. 671-673
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