02626nam a2200445Ia 4500 ocn609682449 OCoLC 20200709055240.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 100427s2008 mou sb s001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780826266569 (electronic bk.) 0826266568 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)609682449 309275 (N$T) n-us--- PS1541.Z5 K36 2008eb 811/.4 22 N$TA Keane, Patrick J. Emily Dickinson's approving God [electronic resource] : divine design and the problem of suffering / Patrick J. Keane. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008. 1 online resource (xii, 256 p.) "Focusing on Emily Dickinson's poem "Apparently with no surprise," Keane explores the poet's embattled relationship with the deity of her Calvinist tradition, reflecting on literature and religion, faith and skepticism, theology and science in light of continuing confrontations between Darwinism and design, science and literal conceptions of a divine Creator"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and indexes. The poem and images of God -- Religion and science: Einstein's Spinozisti God -- God and evolution : the contemporary debate -- Design, challenged and defended -- Emily Dickinson on Christ and Crucifixion -- Destroyers and victims: "apparently with no surprise" and related scenarios -- Design and accident -- Frost, the blonde assassin -- Dickinson's death-haunted earthly paradise -- Flowers, and thoughts too deep for tears -- Questioning divine benevolence -- The final dialectic: believing and disbelieving. Description based on print version record. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Criticism and interpretation. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Religion. Theology in literature. Belief and doubt in literature. Religion and literature United States History 19th century. Literature and science United States History 19th century. Electronic books. Print version: Keane, Patrick J. Emily Dickinson's approving God. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008 9780826218087 (DLC) 2008020814 (OCoLC)227328607 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=309275 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 49728 49728