The Novel as Protestant Art

Un saggio interessante, ma non riconosce il ruolo fondamentale avuto dalla cultura ebraica - dall'abitudine di cercare risposte alle grandi domande attraverso storie. 
"So, here's a proposition: The novel was an art form—the art form—of the modern Protestant West, and as the main strength of established Protestant Christendom began to fail in Europe and the United States in recent decades, so did the cultural importance of the novel". Joseph Bottum, books&culture.