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Emily Dickinson and the religious imagination /
"Dickinson knew the Bible well. She was profoundly aware of Christian theology and she was writing at a time when comparative religion was extremely popular. This book is the first to consider Dickinson's religious imagery outside the dynamic of her personal faith and doubt. It argues that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Dickinson knew the Bible well. She was profoundly aware of Christian theology and she was writing at a time when comparative religion was extremely popular. This book is the first to consider Dickinson's religious imagery outside the dynamic of her personal faith and doubt. It argues that religious myths and symbols, from the sun-god to the open tomb, are essential to understanding the similetic movement of Dickinson's poetry - the reach for a comparable, though not identical, experience in the struggles and wrongs of Abraham, Jacob and Moses, and the life, death and resurrection of Christ. Linda Freedman situates the poet within the context of American typology, interprets her alongside contemporary and modern theology and makes important connections to Shakespeare and the British Romantics. Dickinson emerges as a deeply troubled thinker who needs to be understood within both religious and Romantic traditions"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139128308 1139128302 1139115472 9781139115476 9780511795022 0511795025 9781139117647 1139117645 1107221498 9781107221499 1139124870 9781139124874 1283296233 9781283296236 1139123394 9781139123396 9786613296238 6613296236 1139113283 9781139113281 9781107534445 1107534445 |