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Visionary of the Word: Melville and Religion - Softcover

 
9780810134256: Visionary of the Word: Melville and Religion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 081013425X ISBN 13: 9780810134256
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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 currents in nineteenth-century religious thought, his consideration of theological and philosophical questions related to the problem of evil and determinism versus free will, and his representation of the global contact among differing faiths and cultures. These essays constitute a capacious response to the many avenues through which Melville interacted with religious faith, doubt, and secularization throughout his career, advancing our understanding of Melville as a visionary interpreter of religious experience who remains resonant in our own religiously complex era.

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About the Author

JONATHAN A. COOK is chair of the English department at Middleburg Academy in Middleburg, Virginia. 

 

BRIAN YOTHERS is the Frances Spatz Leighton Endowed Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
081013425X
ISBN 13 
9780810134256
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304
Editor
Yothers Brian, Cook Jonathan A