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Literature, Religion, and Postsecular Stud Ser.: Theology of Sense : John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature by Scott Dill (2018, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOhio State University Press
ISBN-100814213839
ISBN-139780814213834
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309764551
Product Key Features
Number of Pages198 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTheology of Sense : John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature
Publication Year2018
SubjectNeurology, Subjects & Themes / Religion, American / General, Short Stories, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion, Medical
AuthorScott Dill
SeriesLiterature, Religion, and Postsecular Stud Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2018-028426
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"This book will considerably deepen our understanding of how Updike developed a unique 'theology of sense' out of his lifelong reading of Christian theology and religious history, not to mention his longstanding devotion to practice." --Mark Eaton, coeditor of The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World, "One of the finest, most original monographs I've read on Updike. Dill covers new ground in approaching Updike's work through sensory aesthetics, carving out a path that others may wish to follow. Further, he persuasively counters many of the criticisms that have over the years been leveled against Updike." --James Schiff, author of John Updike Revisited
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments Introduction A Theology of Sense Chapter 1 Touching Chapter 2 Seeing Chapter 3 Tasting Chapter 4 Hearing Chapter 5 Smelling Epilogue Works Cited Index
SynopsisExplores embodiment, aesthetics, and theology in Updike's work through the five senses and his influence on late twentieth-century American writers., Scott Dill's A Theology of Sense: John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature brings together theology, aesthetics, and the body, arguing that Updike, a central figure in post-1945 American literature, deeply embeds in his work questions of the body and the senses with questions of theology. Dill offers new understandings not only of the work of Updike--which is importantly being revisited since the author's death in 2009--but also new understandings of the relationship between aesthetics, religion, and physical experience. Dill explores Updike's unique literary legacy in order to argue for a genuinely postsecular theory of aesthetic experience. Each chapter takes up one of the five senses and its relation to broader theoretical concerns: affect, subjectivity, ontology, ethics, and theology. While placing Updike's work in relation to other late twentieth-century American writers, Dill explains their notions of embodiment and uses them to render a new account of postsecular aesthetics. No other novelist has portrayed mere sense experience as carefully, as extensively, or as theologically--repeatedly turning to the doctrine of creation as his stylistic justification. Across this examination of his many stories, novels, poems, and essays, Dill proves that Updike forces us to reconsider the power of literature to revitalize sense experience as a theological question.
LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4Z647 2018
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