Ecocritical theology : neo-pastoral themes in American fiction from 1960 to the present / Joan Anderson Ashford ; foreword by Randy Malamud.

Author/creator Ashford, Joan Anderson
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2012.
Description208 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Naturalism in literature.
Ecocriticism.
Self-realization in literature.
Religion and literature--United States.

Contents Freud, Bakhtin, and Rabbit: an ecocritical look at totem, animism, and the rogue in John Updike's Rabbit, run -- And the word was made metaphor: Oedipa's religious instant in Thomas Pynchon's The crying of lot 49 -- Nature, god, and politics: deep ecology and Spinozan theory in Bernard Malamud's The fixer -- Apocalypse visited: toxic consciousness in Don Delillo's White noise -- Re-weaving master metaphors in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead -- Interlocking pillars of oppression: ecofeminist theology in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Theories of ecotheology in Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal summer -- Sophia's table and nuclear narrative in Cormac McCarthy's The road.
Abstract "This work examines humankind's relationship with the environment in the context of Judeo-Christian theological views. It demonstrates how characters from novels such as John Updike's Rabbit Run, DeLillo's White Noise, Toni Morrison's Paradise, and Cormac McCarthy's The Road take neo-pastoral journeys to rediscover an innovative relationship with nature and religion. "--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012013097
ISBN9780786469741 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0786469749 (softcover : alk. paper)

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