Provincializing the Bible - Faulkner and Postsecular American Literature

Summary

Religious conviction constitutes one of the most powerful forces shaping our global present and future. Given the increasingly pluralistic cast of American letters as well as declining biblical literacy in American culture, it is telling that many contemporary authors have not simply rejected the Bible as a reactionary and oppressive relic. Inst

Product details

• Authors: Norman (Ohio State University Jones, Norman W. Jones, Norman W. (Ohio State University Jones, Jones Norman W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367667160
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66716-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000