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1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Beyond the Author; CHAPTER TWO Beyond the Self; CHAPTER THREE Beyond the Brain; CHAPTER FOUR Beyond Evolution; CHAPTER FIVE Beyond the Postsecular; CHAPTER SIX Beyond Beauty; CHAPTER SEVEN Beyond the Visible; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
"Beyond the Story: American Literary Fiction and the Limits of Materialism argues that theology is crucial to understanding the power of contemporary American stories. By drawing on the theories of M.M. Bakhtin, Christian personalism, and contemporary phenomenology, Lake argues that literary fiction activates an irreducibly personal intersubjectivity between author, reader, and characters. Stories depend on a dignity-granting valuation of the particular lives of ordinary people, which is best described as an act of love that mirrors the love of the divine. Through original readings of the fiction of Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, Toni Morrison, and others, Lake enters into a dialogue with postsecular theory and cognitive literary studies to reveal the limits of sociobiology's approach to culture. The result is a book that will remind readers how storytelling continually reaffirms the transcendent value of human beings in an inherently personal cosmos"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Materialism in literature.
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Materialism in literature. |
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Religion and literature.
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Religion and literature. |
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Materialismus Motiv. |
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Religion. |
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Roman. |
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USA. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lake, Christina Bieber. Beyond the Story : American Literary Fiction and the Limits of Materialism. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2019 |
| ISBN |
9780268106287 (electronic book) |
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0268106282 (electronic book) |
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9780268106270 (electronic book) |
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0268106274 (electronic book) |
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0268106258 |
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9780268106256 |
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