Entangled voices [[electronic resource] ] : genre and the religious construction of the self / / Frederick J. Ruf

• Autore: Ruf Frederick J. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: x, 125 p
• Soggetto topico: Religious literature, English - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Self in literature; Literary form
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-120) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: hearing voices -- ; ch. 1. The voices of narrative, lyric, and drama: The three characteristics of narrative -- Lyric -- Drama -- ; ch. 2. "Jogona's great treasure": narrative, lyric, and dramatic intelligibility: Intelligibility: Comprehensiveness and cohesion -- Conclusions -- ; ch. 3. "Intoxicated with intimacy": the lyric voice in John Donne's Holy sonnets: Unruly autobiography -- Donne's Holy sonnets -- Donne's lyric self -- The lyric voice -- ; ch. 4. "The circle of chalk": narrative voice in Primo Levi's The periodic table: The periodic table -- The aspiration to narrative -- Narrative instability -- "The rich and messy domain" -- ; ch. 5. "Survival and distance": the dramatic voice in Robert Wilson's Einstein on the beach: Einstein on the beach -- Dramatic voice in Einstein -- The dramatic voice and religion -- The dramatic self -- ; ch.. 6. "Harmonized chaos": the mixed voice of Coleridge's Biographia literaria: The biographia literaria -- The form of the Biographia -- Dissociation, fragmentation, and incoherence -- Harmony and unity -- Ramifications: the "mixed" self -- ; ch. 7. Conclusion: genre and instability.
• Titolo autorizzato: Entangled voices
• ISBN: 9780195356199; 0195356195; 0-19-985345-2; 1-4294-1560-6; 1-280-52859-1; 0-19-535619-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795734203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II