Without contraries is no progression …

… The American Scholar: Man of Faith—and Doubt - Diane Cole. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  shorthand descriptions of these settings can make his novels seem easy to dismiss. But Nissenson’s attention to historical detail was meticulous; he employed a spare, documentary-like style to convey each novel’s particular time and place. Compare him to Graham Greene, whose great subject was also religious faith and doub