Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature : The Material Sacred / Emily McAvan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAvan, Emily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy, The, in literature.

Immanence (Philosophy) in literature.

Posthumanism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

What does it feel like to experience the sacred today? Examining in detail many of this century's most significant writers, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Mohsin Hamid, Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson and Don DeLillo, Postsecular Fiction in the 21st Century: Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman argues that contemporary social and cultural forms, most especially those of 21st century literature, are marked by what Emily McAvan calls a material sacred. Placing Christian, Jewish and Muslim writers in conversation with the new materialisms, this book shows how secular and sacred mix unpredictably in contemporary writing. In this important contribution to the understanding of religion, materialism and literature, McAvan maps new territory, arguing that the material sacred shows us that the human and non-human, the divine and the profane, have been interwoven from the start.

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction to 21st Century Postsecular Fiction Section One - God and the Postsecular Chapter 2. Strout and the Idea of God Chapter 3. Robinson and Immanent Faith Chapter 4. Chabon and the Messianic after the Death of God Section Two - Hospitality and the Postsecular Chapter 4. Rushdie and Religious Terror Chapter 5. Hamid and Interreligious Hospitality Chapter 6. Jacobson and Antisemitism in the Multicultural State Section Three - The Postsecular and the Non-Human Chapter 7. DeLillo's Posthuman Faith Chapter 8. Atwood's Ecotheology Conclusion Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781350280380

1350280380

9781350280403

1350280402

9781350280397

1350280399

OCLC:

1451806310