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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816970503321

Autore

McClure John A. <1945->

Titolo

Partial faiths [[electronic resource] ] : postsecular fiction in the age of Pynchon and Morrison / / John A. McClure

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-72616-1

9786612726163

0-8203-3660-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Religion and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Religion and literature - United States - History - 21st century

Secularism in literature

Religion in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Postsecular projects -- Ontological pluralism and preterite spiritualities : Thomas Pynchon -- Worldly vocations : Don Delillo -- Enclosures, enchantments, and the art of discernment : Toni Morrison -- Narratives of turning in Native American fiction : N. Scott  Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich -- Neomonastic paths and the limits of postsecularism : Michael Ondaatje -- Epilogue: The dream of open dwelling.