Visionary of the word : Melville and religion / edited by Jonathan A. Cook and Brian Yothers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Jonathan A. (Jonathan Alexander), 1953- editor.

Yothers, Brian, 1975- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation.

Melville, Herman.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Religion.

Religion in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Visionary of the Word brings together the latest scholarship on Herman Melville's treatment of religion across his long career as a writer of fiction and poetry.The volume suggests the broad range of Melville's religious concerns, including his engagement with the denominational divisions of American Christianity, his dialogue with transatlantic.

Contents:

Introduction / Jonathan A. Cook and Brian Yothers

Clarel and the Victorian crisis of faith / Jonathan A. Cook

"Change irreverent" : evolution and faith in "The Encantadas" and Clarel / Eileen McGinnis

Faith among the weeds : Melville's religious wildings beyond these deserts / Martin Kevorkian

Melville and the Unitarian conscience / Dawn Coleman

Melville and the Mormons / Zachary McLeod Hutchins

Melville's Asia, Melville's missionaries / Brian Yothers

Melville among the heathens : religion, race, and representation in the South Seas / Richard A. Garner

Coleridge, Edwards, and the peculiar progress of Melville's free will problem / Brad Bannon

"The apocalypse of pain" : suffering, theodicy, and religious identity in Moby-Dick / Haein Park.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-8101-3427-6

OCLC:

971091507