Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction [[electronic resource] /] / David J. Leigh
| Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction [[electronic resource] /] / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 256 p |
| Disciplina | 813/.54093823 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism End of the world in literature Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century Fiction - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-268-08567-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: ultimate issues in apocalyptic literature -- A literary reading of revelation in a postmillennial age -- The ultimate journey: the quest for transcendence and wholeness in the apocalyptic worlds of Walker Percy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo -- The ultimate conflict: the cosmic battle in the violent end-times of C.S. Lewis and Russell Hoban -- The ultimate union: person, community, and the divine in Doris Lessing's apocalyptic fiction -- The ultimate cosmos: a new heaven and a new earth in three science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, George Zebrowski, and Walter M. Miller, Jr -- The ultimate self: death and dying in John Updike and Charles Williams -- The ultimate challenge: apocalyptic liberation and transformation in African-American writing: Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison -- The ultimate way: apocalypse and pluralism in the postcolonial fiction of Salman Rushdie and Shusaku Endo. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458000403321 |
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction [[electronic resource] /] / David J. Leigh
| Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction [[electronic resource] /] / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 256 p |
| Disciplina | 813/.54093823 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism End of the world in literature Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century Fiction - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| ISBN | 0-268-08567-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: ultimate issues in apocalyptic literature -- A literary reading of revelation in a postmillennial age -- The ultimate journey: the quest for transcendence and wholeness in the apocalyptic worlds of Walker Percy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo -- The ultimate conflict: the cosmic battle in the violent end-times of C.S. Lewis and Russell Hoban -- The ultimate union: person, community, and the divine in Doris Lessing's apocalyptic fiction -- The ultimate cosmos: a new heaven and a new earth in three science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, George Zebrowski, and Walter M. Miller, Jr -- The ultimate self: death and dying in John Updike and Charles Williams -- The ultimate challenge: apocalyptic liberation and transformation in African-American writing: Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison -- The ultimate way: apocalypse and pluralism in the postcolonial fiction of Salman Rushdie and Shusaku Endo. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791699903321 |
Leigh David J
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction / / David J. Leigh
| Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction / / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 256 p |
| Disciplina | 813/.54093823 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism End of the world in literature Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century Fiction - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| ISBN |
9780268085674
0268085676 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: ultimate issues in apocalyptic literature -- A literary reading of revelation in a postmillennial age -- The ultimate journey: the quest for transcendence and wholeness in the apocalyptic worlds of Walker Percy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo -- The ultimate conflict: the cosmic battle in the violent end-times of C.S. Lewis and Russell Hoban -- The ultimate union: person, community, and the divine in Doris Lessing's apocalyptic fiction -- The ultimate cosmos: a new heaven and a new earth in three science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, George Zebrowski, and Walter M. Miller, Jr -- The ultimate self: death and dying in John Updike and Charles Williams -- The ultimate challenge: apocalyptic liberation and transformation in African-American writing: Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison -- The ultimate way: apocalypse and pluralism in the postcolonial fiction of Salman Rushdie and Shusaku Endo. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956944003321 |
Leigh David J
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circuitous journeys [[electronic resource] ] : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh
| Circuitous journeys [[electronic resource] ] : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina |
291.4/092/2
B |
| Collana | Studies in religion and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Autobiography - Religious aspects
Spiritual biography - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8232-4672-8
1-282-69857-5 978058541680X 9786612698576 0-8232-3745-1 0-8232-1995-X 0-585-41680-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain -- 2. Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness -- 3. The Psychology of Conversion in G. K. Chesteron and C. S. Lewis -- 4. The Dual Plot of Gandhi's An Autobiography -- 5. Malcolm X and the Black Muslim Search for the Ultimate -- 6. Black Elk Speaks: A Century Later -- 7. The Remaking of an American Jew: Paul Cowan's An Orphan in History -- 8. I, Rigoberta Menchu: The Plotting of Liberation -- 9. Dan Wakefield's Returning -- 10. Retraveling the Century: Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456250603321 |
Leigh David J
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| New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circuitous journeys [[electronic resource] ] : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh
| Circuitous journeys [[electronic resource] ] : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina |
291.4/092/2
B |
| Collana | Studies in religion and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Autobiography - Religious aspects
Spiritual biography - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-8232-4672-8
1-282-69857-5 978058541680X 9786612698576 0-8232-3745-1 0-8232-1995-X 0-585-41680-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain -- 2. Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness -- 3. The Psychology of Conversion in G. K. Chesteron and C. S. Lewis -- 4. The Dual Plot of Gandhi's An Autobiography -- 5. Malcolm X and the Black Muslim Search for the Ultimate -- 6. Black Elk Speaks: A Century Later -- 7. The Remaking of an American Jew: Paul Cowan's An Orphan in History -- 8. I, Rigoberta Menchu: The Plotting of Liberation -- 9. Dan Wakefield's Returning -- 10. Retraveling the Century: Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780026603321 |
Leigh David J
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||
| New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circuitous journeys : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh
| Circuitous journeys : modern spiritual autobiography / / David J. Leigh |
| Autore | Leigh David J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina |
291.4/092/2
B |
| Collana | Studies in religion and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Autobiography - Religious aspects
Spiritual biography - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
978058541680X
9786612698576 9780823246724 0823246728 9781282698574 1282698575 9780823237456 0823237451 9780823219957 082321995X 9780585416809 058541680X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain -- 2. Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness -- 3. The Psychology of Conversion in G. K. Chesteron and C. S. Lewis -- 4. The Dual Plot of Gandhi's An Autobiography -- 5. Malcolm X and the Black Muslim Search for the Ultimate -- 6. Black Elk Speaks: A Century Later -- 7. The Remaking of an American Jew: Paul Cowan's An Orphan in History -- 8. I, Rigoberta Menchu: The Plotting of Liberation -- 9. Dan Wakefield's Returning -- 10. Retraveling the Century: Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954714503321 |
Leigh David J
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| New York, : Fordham University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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