If God meant to interfere American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas.
| Author/creator | Douglas, Christopher, 1968- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016. |
| Description | viii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 -- Conclustion: politics, literature, method. |
| Abstract | "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 Christianity in the United States"-- Author's university Web page. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015043533 |
| ISBN | 9781501702112 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |