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UNINA9910957917103321 |
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Autore |
Gunn Giles B |
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Titolo |
The interpretation of otherness : literature, religion, and the American imagination / / Giles Gunn |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1979 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52281-X |
0-19-536539-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism |
Religion and literature |
Religion in literature |
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Formato |
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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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. The Religious Use and Abuse of Literature: Notes Toward a Short History; 2. Forms of Religious Meaning in Literature; 3. The Place of the Literary Critic in Religious Studies; 4. The American Writer and the Formation of an American Mind: Literature, Culture, and Their Relation to Ultimate Values; 5. American Literature and the Imagination of Otherness; Postscript; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Studies the ways in which imaginative literature expresses religious meaning and considers the contribution of literary criticism to religious scholarship, maintaining that a reciprocity exists between literature and religion. |
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