Spirits of place in American literary culture / John Gatta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatta, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Space in literature.

Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.

Sacred space in literature.

Spirituality in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

What might it mean, existentially and spiritually, to form an intimate relation with discrete sites or dwelling places on earth? This text offers a uniquely integrative perspective on the matter. Blending theological and cultural analysis, it focuses on the multi-layered witness enshrined in American literary texts and demonstrates that hallowed geography and the sacramentality of place have mattered throughout our history.

Contents:

s Introduction 1. Houses of the Spirit Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Stowe, Cather, Robinson, Gaines Transcendental and Other Soul-Shelters in Antebellum America Nathaniel Hawthorne's Home "Somewhere Else" Harriet's Houses When Houses are No Longer Homes 2. Spirits of Pilgrimage, Peregrination, and Re-Placement Lopez, Servid, Muir, Momaday, Bradstreet, Thoreau, Snyder, Berry, Haskell Moving On and Beginning Again From Pilgrim's Way to the Open Road Localism vs. Globalism Two Versions of Globally-Engaged Localism 3. The Place of Imagination Whitman, Nelson, Véa The Earthiness of Imagination and a Phenomenology of Place The Contemplative Reach of Imagination: Poetry of Walt Whitman and Marilyn Nelson Numinous Layerings of Place as Palimpsest 4. Sacred Sites and Geographies Thoreau, Tillinghast, Black Elk, Melville, Lincoln, Abbey, Williams, Norris, Day, Baldwin, Kazin Orientations of the Genius Loci Hallowed Battlegrounds and Burial Grounds The Spiritual Fecundity of Wastelands City Scenes of Grace 5. Contemplating Site-Based Education and Place-making Current Concepts and Practices of Site-Based Education The Rationale for Contemplative Learning in Place A Case-Study in Localized Learning Afterword.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-064656-X

0-19-064655-1

0-19-064657-8