The Missionary and the Marxist in Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth
In chapter 14 of her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck juxtaposes two episodes in the life of Wang Lung, her protagonist. Wang Lung encounters a Christian missionary and a Marxist activist. However, both the missionary and the activist fail to reach Wang Lung. This article explores the way i...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2023
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Christianity & literature
Ano: 2023, Volume: 72, Número: 3, Páginas: 442-459 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | CD Cristianismo ; Cultura CG Cristianismo e política KAJ Época contemporânea KBM Ásia NCC Ética social RJ Missão |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
social critique
B China B Pearl S. Buck B Christianity B Marxism |
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| Resumo: | In chapter 14 of her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck juxtaposes two episodes in the life of Wang Lung, her protagonist. Wang Lung encounters a Christian missionary and a Marxist activist. However, both the missionary and the activist fail to reach Wang Lung. This article explores the way in which Buck depicts the failure of the missionary and the activist, discussing the shared “critical” element of Christianity and Marxism and the ways in which both the missionary and the activists may have been more successful than they may have realized. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2023.a910034 |