If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right
Christopher Douglas
Bok · Engelsk · 2016
| Omfang | viii, 367 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | 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. - "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"--
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| Emner | Brown, Dan , 1964- : The Da Vinci code
Kingsolver, Barbara , 1955- : The poisonwood Bible McCarthy, Cormac , 1933-2023 : Blood meridian, or The evening redness in the West Pynchon, Thomas , 1937- : The crying of lot 49 Vis mer... Robinson, Marilynne , 1943- : Gilead
Roth, Philip , 1933-2018 : The plot against America Sagan, Carl , 1934-1996 : Contact American fiction - History and criticism. Christianity and literature - History. - United States Christianity in literature. Evangelicalism in literature. Fundamentalism in literature. Engelsk litteratur Evangelikal kristendom Fundamentalisme Konservatisme Kristendom Litteratur Motiver |
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| ISBN | 9781501702112
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