Technology, Contingency and Grace: Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing”

In this essay I argue that Carvers story “A Small, Good Thing” can be read as an illustration of Albert Borgmanns argument that contemporary technological society conceals grace by encouraging the illusion than an individual can exert total control over her environment. The story shows how radical c...

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Main Author: Lake, Christina Bieber (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2011, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-305
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