If god meant to interfere: American literature and the rise of the Christian right
"Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Chris...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY London
Cornell University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Literature
/ Evangelical movement
/ Christianity
/ Fanaticism
/ Multi-cultural society
/ The Postmodern
/ History 1970-2010
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| Further subjects: | B
Evangelicalism in literature
B Christianity and literature History United States B American fiction 20th century History and criticism B American fiction B Christianity and literature (United States) History B Christianity in literature B American fiction History and criticism 21st century B American fiction History and criticism 20th century B Fundamentalism in literature United States Criticism, interpretation, etc History B American fiction 21st century History and criticism B Fundamentalism in literature B Christianity and literature |
| Summary: | "Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Christianity in the United States"-- Introduction: fiction in the God gap -- Multicultural entanglements. Multiculturalism, secularization, resurgence -- The poisonwood Bible's multicultural graft -- Christian multiculturalism in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead -- Recapitulation and religious indifference in The plot against America -- Postmodern entanglements. Thomas Pynchon's prophecy -- Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact -- Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian -- The postmodern gospel according to Dan -- Conclustion: politics, literature, method |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 339-357 Index: 359-367 |
| ISBN: | 1501702114 |