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Christian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Literary Imagination
Reinventing the Word
Christian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Literary Imagination
Reinventing the Word
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Shortlisted for the AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion 2023
Organized by heretical movements and texts from the Gnostic Gospels to The Book of Mormon, this book uses the work of James Joyce – particularly Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake – as a prism to explore how the history of Christian heresy remains part of how we read, write, and think about books today.
Erickson argues that the study of classical, medieval, and modern debates over heresy and orthodoxy provide new ways of understanding modernist literature and literary theory. Using Joyce's works as a springboard to explore different perspectives and intersections of 20th century literature and the modern literary and religious imagination, this book gives us new insights into how our modern and “secular” reading practices unintentionally reflect how we understand our religious histories.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Christian Heresy, James Joyce, and the Modernist Imagination
Chapter 1: Five Moments of Schism: A Selective History of Heresy
Chapter 2: Reversals of History: From the First Heretics to James Joyce and Back Again
Chapter 3: Arius, Heretical Christology, and the Anxiety of Artistic Creation
Chapter 4: Ulysses, Medieval Heresy, and the Eucharist: Fragmented Narratives of Doubt
Chapter 5: Alternative Reformations: The Word, Iconoclasm, and Finnegans Wake
Chapter 6: Heretical Reading Strategies: The Book of Mormon and Finnegans Wake
Epilogue: Writing and the Practice of Heresy: From Wake Reading Groups to Church Graffiti
Product details
| Published | 21 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350212794 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 8 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | New Directions in Religion and Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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