Sacramental Vision in Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm

In this article I explore the central motif of vision in Annie Dillard's short poetic narrative, Holy the Firm. Attention to the book's tripartite structure reveals a movement through an aesthetic appreciation of creation, to an intellectual contemplation of the Fall, finally culminating i...

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Main Author: Matheson, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-82
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
VA Philosophy
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