RT Book
T1 The rites of identity: the religious naturalism and cultural criticism of Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison
A1 Eddy, Beth 1955-
LA English
PP Princeton, N.J
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1003606547
AB The Rites of Identity argues that Kenneth Burke was the most deciding influence on Ralph Ellison's writings, that Burke and Ellison are firmly situated within the American tradition of religious naturalism, and that this tradition--properly understood as religious--offers a highly useful means for considering contemporary identity and mitigating religious conflict. Beth Eddy adds Burke and Ellison to a tradition of religious naturalism that traces back to Ralph Waldo Emerson but received its most nuanced expression in the work of George Santayana. Through close readings of the essays and fictio
AB Identity and the rites of symbolic action -- Kenneth Burke's natural pieties of identity -- Catharsis and tragedy : Kenneth Burke's rhetoric of sacrifice -- The spiritual utility of comedy -- Ralph Ellison and the vernacular pieties of American identity -- Ellison's tragic vision of sacrifice -- The blues of American identity : comic transcendence in Ellison -- Both a part of and apart from : the spirit and ethics of religious pragmatism
OP 204
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index
CN PN75.B8
SN 0-691-09249-4
SN 1-4008-2576-8
SN 978-0-691-09249-2
SN 978-1-4008-2576-9
K1 Burke, Kenneth : 1897-1993 : Knowledge : Religion
K1 Ellison, Ralph : Knowledge : Religion
K1 Burke, Kenneth - 1897-1993 - Et la religion
K1 Ellison, Ralph - Et la religion
K1 Burke, Kenneth - 1897-1993
K1 Ellison, Ralph
K1 1900-1999
K1 Criticism : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Religion
K1 Critique - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 religion (discipline)
K1 LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
K1 Criticism
K1 History
K1 United States