McClure, John A., 1945-

Partial faiths postsecular fiction in the age of Pynchon and Morrison / [electronic resource] : John A. McClure. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 209 p.)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Introduction: Postsecular projects -- Ontological pluralism and preterite spiritualities : Thomas Pynchon -- Worldly vocations : Don Delillo -- Enclosures, enchantments, and the art of discernment : Toni Morrison -- Narratives of turning in Native American fiction : N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich -- Neomonastic paths and the limits of postsecularism : Michael Ondaatje -- Epilogue: The dream of open dwelling.

9780820336602 (electronic bk.) 0820336602 (electronic bk.)


American fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--20th century
Religion and literature--History--United States--20th century.
American fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--21st century
Religion and literature--History--United States--21st century.
Secularism in literature.
Religion in literature.


Electronic books.

PS374.R47 / M33 2007eb

813/.54