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1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Dislocating the Sacred58; The Protestant Voice -- The Protestant Voice -- A Protestant Trio58; Davies44; MacLennan44; and Laurence -- Imprisonment and Liberation -- How Is Canadian Literature 34;Religious34;63; -- The Protestant Principle in English45;Canadian Fiction -- A Tentative Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 Relocating the Sacred58; The Human Ground of Transcendence -- Eternity and Transcendence -- 34;Eternity34; in Callaghan and MacLennan -- The Ordinary and the Sacred in Mitchell and Munro -- Divining the Depths in Davies44; Laurence44; and Atwood -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Nature as the Locale of the Sacred -- Native and Christian Attitudes -- Some Typical Canadian Views -- Geography over History -- A New Direction -- CHAPTER 4 In Quest of the Sacred58; The Canoe Trip -- The Quest Pattern -- States of the Quest -- Transformative Quest and Canadian Character -- The Canoe Trip as Initiation Rite -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 Sacred Death58; The Belcher Islands Massacre -- Introduction -- Geographical and Religious Backgrounds -- Narrative of the Events -- The Contemporary Reaction to the Murders -- Analysis -- A Personal Epilogue -- CHAPTER 6 Theodicy and the Sacred58; A46; M46; Klein and Hugh MacLennan -- Parallel Dislocations -- The Second Scroll as Theodicy -- The Watch that Ends the Night and Selfhood -- The Everyman and the Self -- Chaos into Cosmos -- CHAPTER 7 Love and the Sacred58; The Ambiguities of Morley Callaghan39;s Such Is My Beloved -- Callaghan39;s 34;Certain Perceptions34; -- The Two Conflicting Realms -- The Song of Songs58; Love and the Sacred -- Conclusion58; Incarnational Humanism -- CHAPTER 8 Sacred Passages58; Native Symbols in Atwood and Engel -- The Female Initiation Pattern -- Atwood39;s Surfacing -- Engel39;s Bear -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 Nordicity and the Sacred58; The Journeys of Thomas York and Aritha van Herk -- The Fugitive -- The Spiritual Quest -- The Return to the South in Desireless -- No End to This Road34;58; Aritha van Herk -- CHAPTER 10 Mutuality and the Sacred58; Joy Kogawa -- From Divine Abandonment to Human Solidarity -- Bread and Stones and Names in Obasan -- From Silence to Communion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
In ten essays, James (Queen's U., Kingston) examines various derivations of the sacred in contemporary Canadian culture. Most of the essays focus on the religious aspects of modern Canadian English fiction including the fiction of Hugh MacLennan, Morley Callaghan, Margaret Atwood, and Joy Kogawa. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spirituality in literature.
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Spirituality in literature. |
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Religion in literature.
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Religion in literature. |
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Religion and culture -- Canada.
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Religion and culture. |
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Canada. |
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Canadian literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: James, William Closson. Locations of the sacred. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1998 0889202931 |
| ISBN |
0585261873 (electronic book) |
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9780585261874 (electronic book) |
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9780889202931 (bound) |
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0889202931 (bound) |
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0889207577 (electronic book) |
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9780889207578 (electronic book) |
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1280925043 |
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9781280925047 |
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0889202931 |
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