If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas.
Material type: TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781501702112
- 1501702114
- 9781501703539
- 1501703536
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Christianity in literature
- Fundamentalism in literature
- Evangelicalism in literature
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- American fiction
- Christian conservatism
- Christianity and literature
- Christianity in literature
- Evangelicalism in literature
- Fundamentalism in literature
- Religious right
- United States
- 1900-2099
- 813/.5409382 23
- PS374.R47
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
In English.
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