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  1. Abyss of reason
    cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals
    Published: 1991
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars more

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    A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars

     

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  2. Abyss of reason
    cultural movements, revelations, and betrayals
    Published: 1991
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0195068572; 0195361709; 1280525649; 1429401087; 9780195068573; 9780195361704; 9781280525643; 9781429401081
    Subjects: Surréalisme (Littérature); Critique / Histoire / 20e siècle; Spiritisme dans la littérature; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Geschichte; Surrealism (Literature); Spiritualism in literature; Criticism; Literatur; Surrealismus; Spiritualismus
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (305 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    1. Introduction; 2. On the Dignity of Tables; 3. The Experience of Personation; 4. The Medium of Reason; 5. Wording the Subject of Spiritualism; 6. The Pathology of Beauty; 7. Dream Work; 8. Thinking Things; 9. Purity; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

    A study from the American perspective of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the mid-19th century, and of surrealism, a movement that produced a major following between the two World Wars

  3. Faithful vision
    treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction
    Published: ©2006
    Publisher:  Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0807130915; 0807136565; 9780807130919; 9780807136560
    Series: Southern literary studies
    Subjects: Roman américain / Auteurs noirs américains / Histoire et critique; Religion et littérature / États-Unis / Histoire / 20e siècle; Roman américain / 20e siècle / Histoire et critique; Roman religieux américain / Histoire et critique; Noirs américains dans la littérature; Vie spirituelle dans la littérature; Surnaturel dans la littérature; Spiritisme dans la littérature; Sacré dans la littérature; Foi dans la littérature; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; African Americans in literature; American fiction; American fiction / African American authors; Faith in literature; Holy, The, in literature; Religion and literature; Religious fiction, American; Spiritual life in literature; Spiritualism in literature; Supernatural in literature; Geschichte; American fiction; Religion and literature; American fiction; Religious fiction, American; African Americans in literature; Spiritual life in literature; Supernatural in literature; Spiritualism in literature; Holy, The, in literature; Faith in literature; Spiritualismus; Schwarze; Roman; Religion
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (252 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index

    African American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism -- The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox -- Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation -- Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality -- Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo -- Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance

    "This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature."--American LiteratureIn Faithful Vision, James W. Coleman places under his critical lens a wide array of African American novels written during the last half of the twentieth century. In doing so, he demonstrates that religious vision not only informs black literature but also serves as a foundation for black culture generally. The Judeo-Christian tradition, according to Coleman, is the primary component of the African American spiritual perspective, though its syncre