The Resource Contemporary fiction and Christianity, Andrew Tate
Contemporary fiction and Christianity, Andrew Tate
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- Summary
- "How does contemporary fiction engage with the claims and ideas of Christian theology? Can 'secular fictions' accommodate transcendent experiences or encounters with the divine? Does belief continue to influence the shape of fiction in any meaningful way? This study argues against the idea that the 'postmodern condition' of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century culture has undermined the close and creative association between religious practice and literature. It suggests that the novel, as a major narrative genre of contemporary Western culture, has become an increasingly vital, dynamic and problematic space for engaging with the sacred. Tate examines the work of more than a dozen contemporary Anglo-American novelists, including John Updike, Douglas Coupland, John Irving, Michele Roberts, Don Delillo and Jim Crace. He shows how the 'sacred turn' in Western culture is manifested within the novel from the 1980s to the present, paying particular attention to representations of such theological ideas as the miraculous, the heretical, the apocalyptic and the messianic."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 161 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: re-enchanted fiction
- This other Christ : Jesus in contemporary fiction
- John Updike's holy heresy : between grace and "the Devil's motley"
- Miracles and the mundane : signs, wonders, and the novel
- Little wonder : John Irving's modern miracles
- "How clear is your vision of heaven?" : Douglas Coupland at the end of the world
- Conclusion: miraculous realism
- Isbn
- 9780826489074
- Label
- Contemporary fiction and Christianity
- Title
- Contemporary fiction and Christianity
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Tate
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Fiction -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- History
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Christianity in literature
- Religion and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "How does contemporary fiction engage with the claims and ideas of Christian theology? Can 'secular fictions' accommodate transcendent experiences or encounters with the divine? Does belief continue to influence the shape of fiction in any meaningful way? This study argues against the idea that the 'postmodern condition' of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century culture has undermined the close and creative association between religious practice and literature. It suggests that the novel, as a major narrative genre of contemporary Western culture, has become an increasingly vital, dynamic and problematic space for engaging with the sacred. Tate examines the work of more than a dozen contemporary Anglo-American novelists, including John Updike, Douglas Coupland, John Irving, Michele Roberts, Don Delillo and Jim Crace. He shows how the 'sacred turn' in Western culture is manifested within the novel from the 1980s to the present, paying particular attention to representations of such theological ideas as the miraculous, the heretical, the apocalyptic and the messianic."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tate, Andrew
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Continuum literary studies series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American fiction
- English fiction
- Christianity in literature
- Christianity and literature
- Religion and literature
- Christianity and literature
- Religion and literature
- Fiction
- Label
- Contemporary fiction and Christianity, Andrew Tate
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-157) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: re-enchanted fiction -- This other Christ : Jesus in contemporary fiction -- John Updike's holy heresy : between grace and "the Devil's motley" -- Miracles and the mundane : signs, wonders, and the novel -- Little wonder : John Irving's modern miracles -- "How clear is your vision of heaven?" : Douglas Coupland at the end of the world -- Conclusion: miraculous realism
- Control code
- 154691756
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 161 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826489074
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)154691756
- Label
- Contemporary fiction and Christianity, Andrew Tate
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-157) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: re-enchanted fiction -- This other Christ : Jesus in contemporary fiction -- John Updike's holy heresy : between grace and "the Devil's motley" -- Miracles and the mundane : signs, wonders, and the novel -- Little wonder : John Irving's modern miracles -- "How clear is your vision of heaven?" : Douglas Coupland at the end of the world -- Conclusion: miraculous realism
- Control code
- 154691756
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 161 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826489074
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)154691756
Subject
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Christianity in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Fiction -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- History
- Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Religion and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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