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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Frye studies
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Frye studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: re-enchantment, postsecularity, and the return of transendence in western culture -- 1. The Scarlet Letter: puritan imagination and the kerygmatic power of sin -- 2. Henry James's The Europeans: secularity and the descent of the word -- 3. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: modernism and the death of the word -- 4. Immanent Christianity in The Grapes of Wrath -- 5. "In the name of the lost father": postsecular mysticism in on the road -- 6. "I will call them my people": Toni Morrison's postsecular gospel of self and community -- Conclusion: Kerygma and the promises of postsecular imagination in postmodern times. |
| Summary |
Claude Le Fustec presents insightful readings of the presence of transcendence and biblical imagination in canonical novels by American writers ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frye, Northrop -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Frye, Northrop. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Frye, Northrop (Herman Northrop), 1912-1991. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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20th century |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.
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Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Postsecularism.
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Postsecularism. |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Le Fustec, Claude, author. Northrop Frye and American fiction 9781442647695 (OCoLC)879584236 |
| ISBN |
9781442668935 (electronic book) |
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1442668938 (electronic book) |
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9781442647695 |
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1442647698 |
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