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UNINA9910451616603321 |
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Woodland Malcolm <1958-> |
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Wallace Stevens and the apocalyptic mode [[electronic resource] /] / Malcolm Woodland |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Literature and history - United States - History - 20th century |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism |
End of the world in literature |
War in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910462013203321 |
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Autore |
Majid Anouar <1960-> |
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Islam and America [[electronic resource] ] : building a future without prejudice / / Anouar Majid |
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Lanham [Md.], : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
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1-283-63933-5 |
1-4422-1414-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Islam - United States - Public opinion |
Islam - United States - History |
Islam - 21st century |
Islamic civilization |
East and West |
Electronic books. |
United States Civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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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. |
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