A Canticle for Leibowitz Summary
Walter M. Miller, Jr.

One of the enigmas of contemporary fiction, Walter Michael Miller, Jr., lives in carefully guarded privacy, an author/recluse as intriguing as J.D. Salinger or Thomas Pynchon. But no author refines hi... Read more

Critical Essay by Edwin Kennebeck [A Canticle for Leibowitz, a] very good, partly humorous historical novel, is about the role of the Church as the preserver of wisdom and spiritual life in dark ages,... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Alan Bennett Critics and reviewers have busied themselves in listing the various themes which lend substance and depth to [A Canticle for Leibowitz]. Stanley J. Rowland (The ... Read more

Critical Essay by Harold L. Berger [A Canticle for Leibowitz has] a special dreadfulness: the idea that the insanity of war is chronic, that man will return to ashes what he raises up from past ashes,... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Phelps [A Canticle for Leibowitz] is a curious and original and very serious book, and it will be so satisfactory to the right reader that I think a warning is in order: thoug... Read more

Critical Essay by The Times Literary Supplement Without question A Canticle for Leibowitz is a most remarkable novel. The style is sharp, exact, completely individual, and above all alive. And the sca... Read more

Critical Essay by Stanley J. Rowland, Jr. Failure to place A Canticle for Leibowitz … in its genre has caused some uncertainty and confusion in its reviews. Therefore we should first appreciate... Read more

Critical Essay by Raymond A. Schroth When Canticle first appeared, seven years ago, it was compared to Brave New World, 1984 and On the Beach. But in one way Canticle is more satisfying: it puts its t... Read more