The interpretation of otherness : literature, religion, and the American imagination / / Giles Gunn
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1979 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 810/.9/31 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - History and criticism |
| Religion and literature | |
| Religion in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The interpretation of otherness |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52281-X |
| 0-19-536539-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957917103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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