Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction"This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature." -- American Literature |
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... Thematically,Let the Lion Eat Straw is as much about African American religious faith related to the Bible as are black texts about African Americans who strongly avow Christianity; it is one of the few black novels that so clearly ...
... reality so that writers can be more innovative formally and thematically. It also gives writers access to the complex imaginative dimensions of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in African American culture 11 introduction.
... thematic structure that validates faith and the Christian tradition, which suggests the inability of the narrative perspective to separate itself from cultural belief. This is a different exposition of faithful vision that is ...
... thematic and formal medley, the racially ambiguous and undetermined Toomer, who was not committed to African ... thematically leaves open the possibility that the tradition and its religion have meaning for African Americans ...
... thematically parallels the allegory of the biblical book, and it gives serious credence to Christianity and hoodoo as aspects of the culture in the African American community. InJubilee (1966), Margaret Walker recreates the history of ...
Contents
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03 Critiquing Christian Belief | 77 |
04 Rejecting God and Redefining Faith | 118 |
05 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith | 156 |
Fiction Life and Faitful Vision | 197 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 233 |
Index | 245 |
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Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in ... James W. Coleman No preview available - 2009 |