Textual Intimacy

Autobiography and Religious Identities

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Av Wesley A. Kort

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Given its affinity with questions of identity, autobiography offers a way into the interior space between author and reader, especially when writers define themselves in terms of religion. In his exploration of this ""textual intimacy,"" Wesley Kort begins with a theorisation of what it means to say who one is and how one's self-account as a religious person stands in relation to other forms of self-identification. He then provides a critical analysis of autobiographical texts by nine contemporary American writers -- including Maya Angelou, Philip Roth, and Anne Lamott -- who give religion a positive place in their accounts of who they are. Finally, in disclosing his own religious identity, Kort concludes with a meditation on several meanings of the word assumption.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2012-05-30
  • Mått154 x 230 x 18 mm
  • Vikt371 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieStudies in Religion and Culture
  • Antal sidor272
  • FörlagUniversity of Virginia Press
  • ISBN9780813932774