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Hard sayings : the rhetoric of Christian orthodoxy in late modern fiction /
This book examines the work of six avowedly Christian writers of fiction in the period from World War II to the early twenty-first century. This period is often characterized in western societies by such catchphrases as “postmodernism” and “secularization,” with the frequent implication that orthodo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines the work of six avowedly Christian writers of fiction in the period from World War II to the early twenty-first century. This period is often characterized in western societies by such catchphrases as “postmodernism” and “secularization,” with the frequent implication that orthodox belief in the dogmas of Christianity has become untenable among educated readers. How, then, do we account for the continued existence of writers of self-consciously literary fiction who attempt to persuade readers of the truth, desirability, and utility of the dogmas of Christianity? Is it possible to take these writers’ efforts on their own terms and to understand and evaluate the rhetorical strategies that this kind of persuasion might entail? Informed by the school of rhetorical narratology that includes such critics as Wayne Booth, James Phelan, and Richard Walsh, this book offers fresh readings of fictive works by Flannery O’Connor, Muriel Spark, John Updike, Walker Percy, Mary Gordon, and Marilynne Robinson. In its argument that orthodox Christianity, as represented in fiction, still has the power to persuade and to trouble, it contributes to debates about the nature and scope of modernity, postmodernity, and secularization. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814270080 0814270085 9780814280638 0814280633 |