If God Meant to Interfere : American Literature and the Rise of the Christian Right /

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"Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Chris...

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Autor principal: Douglas, Christopher, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religious right.
Fundamentalism in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Christianity in literature.
Christianity and literature.
Christian conservatism.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Christianisme et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Évangelisme dans la litterature.
Christianisme dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Christianity and literature > United States > History.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: fiction in the God gap
  • Multicultural entanglements. Multiculturalism, secularization, resurgence
  • The poisonwood Bible's multicultural graft
  • Christian multiculturalism in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead
  • Recapitulation and religious indifference in The plot against America
  • Postmodern entanglements. Thomas Pynchon's prophecy
  • Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact
  • Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian
  • The postmodern gospel according to Dan
  • Conclusion: politics, literature, method.

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