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Emily Dickinson's approving God : divine design and the problem of suffering / Patrick J. Keane.
Van Pelt Library PS1541.Z5 K36 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keane, Patrick J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Religion.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Knowledge and learning--Calvinism.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
- Calvinism.
- Theology in literature.
- Belief and doubt in literature.
- Religion and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Religion and literature.
- Literature and science--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature and science.
- History.
- Religion.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 256 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- A Note on Dickinson Texts xiii
- Introduction: A Poem and Its Theological, Scientific, and Political Contexts 1
- Chapter 1 The Poem and Images of God 25
- Chapter 2 Religion and Science: Einstein's Spinozistic God 42
- Chapter 3 God and Evolution: The Contemporary Debate 58
- Chapter 4 Design, Challenged and Defended 76
- Chapter 5 Emily Dickinson on Christ and Crucifixion 91
- Chapter 6 Destroyers and Victims: "Apparently with no Surprise" and Related Scenarios 107
- Chapter 7 Design and Accident 118
- Chapter 8 Frost, the Blonde Assassin 132
- Chapter 9 Dickinson's Death-Haunted Earthly Paradise 144
- Chapter 10 Flowers, and Thoughts Too Deep for Tears 160
- Chapter 11 Questioning Divine Benevolence 174
- Chapter 12 The Final Dialectic: Believing and Disbelieving 191
- Conclusion: Multi-Perspectivism in Interpretation 205
- Appendix Derek Mahon's "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford" 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780826218087
- 0826218083
- OCLC:
- 227328607
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