Hartnell, Anna (2010) Israel under the shadow of the Holocaust in David Grossman’s "See Under: Love": a post-religious national entity? In: Carruthers, J. and Tate, A. (eds.) Spiritual Identities: Literature and the Post-Secular Imagination. Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts 17. New York, U.S.: Peter Lang, pp. 177-196. ISBN 9783039119257.
Abstract
Book synopsis: This collection of essays considers the return of the religious in contemporary literary studies. In the twenty-first century it is now possible to detect a new sacred 'turn' in thought and writing. For some writers, this post-secular identity plays itself out in both a recuperation of religious traditions (Catholicism, Puritanism, Judaism) and a re-invention of the religious imaginary (apophaticism, messianism, apocalypticism, fundamentalism). In literary studies, the implications of the post-secular are revitalizing critical engagement with canonical works and fuelling the reclaiming of neglected writings as questions of the construction of spiritual identities come once again to the fore.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Contemporary Literature, Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2011 15:17 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:31 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/4403 |
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