This collection of essays considers the return of the religious in contemporary literary studies. In the twenty-first century it is now possible to detect a new sacred 'turn' in thought and writing. For some writers, this post-secular identity plays itself out in both a recuperation of religious traditions (Catholicism, Puritanism, Judaism) and a re-invention of the religious imaginary (apophaticism, messianism, apocalypticism, fundamentalism). In literary studies, the implications of the post-secular are revitalizing critical engagement with canonical works and fuelling the reclaiming of neglected writings as questions of the construction of spiritual identities come once again to the fore.
| ISBN: | 9783039119257 |
| Publication date: | 30th December 2009 |
| Author: | Jo Carruthers, Andrew Tate |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Cultural Interactions. Studies in the Relationship Between the Arts |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 2000 Regional / International studies Religion: general |