1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451616603321

Autore

Woodland Malcolm <1958->

Titolo

Wallace Stevens and the apocalyptic mode [[electronic resource] /] / Malcolm Woodland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2005

ISBN

1-58729-602-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

811/.52

Soggetti

Literature and history - United States - History - 20th century

Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism

End of the world in literature

War in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I; Chapter 1: Past Apocalypse; Chapter 2: An Ever-Enlarging Inchoherence; Chapter 3: What Could Not Be Shaken; Part II; Chapter 4: The Refuge That the End Creates; Chapter 5: Mournful Making; Part III; Chapter 6: Past Apocalypse, Past Stevens; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Wallace Stevens and the Apocalyptic Mode focuses on Stevens's doubled stance toward the apocalyptic past: his simultaneous use of and resistance to apocalyptic language, two contradictory forces that have generated two dominant and incompatible interpretations of his work. The book explores the often paradoxical roles of apocalyptic and antiapocalyptic rhetoric in modernist and postmodernist poetry and theory, particularly as these emerge in the poetry of Stevens and Jorie Graham. This study begins with an examination of the textual and generic issues surrounding apocalypse, culminating in the



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462013203321

Autore

Majid Anouar <1960->

Titolo

Islam and America [[electronic resource] ] : building a future without prejudice / / Anouar Majid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63933-5

1-4422-1414-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

297.0973

Soggetti

Islam - United States - Public opinion

Islam - United States - History

Islam - 21st century

Islamic civilization

East and West

Electronic books.

United States Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Why America matters -- America's view of Islam -- Holy Land for a chosen people -- How Islam shaped America -- America's gifts to Muslims and Arabs --  Failing civilizations -- Future without prejudice.

Sommario/riassunto

Islam and America argues that the current animosity between the U.S. and Islam can be best understood through the often-overlooked history between the two. Author Anouar Majid weaves personal stories with historical narratives from the Pilgrims to the present to offer a critical view of both cultures and suggest a path towards future peace.