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Heeding the call : a study of Denise Giardina's novels / William Jolliff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jolliff, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Giardina, Denise, 1951---Criticism and interpretation.
- Giardina, Denise.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "In Heeding the Call, William Jolliff offers the first book-length discussion of West Virginia writer and activist Denise Giardina, perhaps best known for her novel Storming Heaven, which helped spark renewed interest in the turn-of-the-century Mine Wars. Jolliff proposes that Giardina's fiction be considered under three thematic complexes: regional, political, and theological"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Called to mystery: place, politics, and a life of faith
- Good King Harry: the formation and paradox of a Christian king
- Storming heaven: colonization and the roots of resistance
- The unquiet earth: confronting the coalfield apocalypse
- Saints and villains: conscience, doubt and the call to action
- Fallam's secret: one true sermon
- Emily's ghost: the making of a Giardina hero
- Conclusion: facing the questions, living with mystery.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781949199444
- 1949199444
- OCLC:
- 1146285641
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