Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American FictionLSU Press, 2006 - 264 עמודים "This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature." -- American Literature |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 37
... mother Angela strongly affect the life of Abeba, the main character. The dominant perspective grafts the African past and ambience onto the biblical and weaves it together with the supernatural that is generally associated with Africa ...
... mother's vindictiveness, abusiveness, and apparently evil intentions notwithstanding. As the novel ends after the forty-five-year-old Abeba's death from cancer, at the funeral Angela says with a “loud voice ... 'sleep on. Sleep on ...
... mother actually describes what would be a practical faith that sustains; Christianity has enabled her to endure a ... mother's eyes: “Her face was lifted to his; her eyes were empty, eyes that looked upward when the last hope of earth ...
... mother and sets out to find her in movie figures who look like her, and to pursue a career in movie making, a magic which represents white power.8 Juneteenth does not specify how, but Bliss becomes a “white” senator who uses the Word to ...
... mother, but the first song and all the others are for God too: “Cause that's what Gospel is. Singing praise to God's name. So I'ma sing a praise song and dedicate it to [my mother] the one loved me best on this earth. The one I loved ...
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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 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in ... <span dir=ltr>James W. Coleman</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2009 |