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- catalog abstract ""In ten lively and wide-ranging essays, William Closson James examines various derivations of the sacred in contemporary Canadian culture. Most of the essays focus on the religious aspects of modern Canadian English fiction - for example, in essays on the fiction of Hugh MacLennan Morley Callaghan, Margaret Atwood, and Joy Kogawa. But James also explores other, non-literary events and activities in which Canadians have found something transcendent or revelatory."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b10711760.
- catalog coverage "Canada Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "Canada Religion.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In ten lively and wide-ranging essays, William Closson James examines various derivations of the sacred in contemporary Canadian culture. Most of the essays focus on the religious aspects of modern Canadian English fiction - for example, in essays on the fiction of Hugh MacLennan Morley Callaghan, Margaret Atwood, and Joy Kogawa. But James also explores other, non-literary events and activities in which Canadians have found something transcendent or revelatory."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Dislocating the Sacred: The Protestant Voice -- The Protestant Voice -- A Protestant Trio: Davies, MacLennan, and Laurence -- Imprisonment and Liberation -- How Is Canadian Literature "Religious"? -- The Protestant Principle in English-Canadian Fiction -- A Tentative Conclusion -- Relocating the Sacred: The Human Ground of Transcendence -- Eternity and Transcendence -- "Eternity" in Callaghan and MacLennan -- The Ordinary and the Sacred in Mitchell and Munro -- Divining the Depths in Davies, Laurence, and Atwood -- Nature as the Locale of the Sacred -- Native and Christian Attitudes -- Some Typical Canadian Views -- Geography over History -- A New Direction -- In Quest of the Sacred: The Canoe Trip -- The Quest Pattern -- States of the Quest -- Transformative Quest and Canadian Character -- The Canoe Trip as Initiation Rite -- Sacred Death: The Belcher Islands Massacre -- Geographical and Religious Backgrounds -- Narrative of the Events -- The Contemporary Reaction to the Murders -- Analysis -- A Personal Epilogue -- Theodicy and the Sacred: A.M. Klein and Hugh MacLennan -- Parallel Dislocations -- The Second Scroll as Theodicy -- The Watch that Ends the Night and Selfhood -- The Everyman and the Self -- Chaos into Cosmos -- Love and the Sacred: The Ambiguities of Morley Callaghan's Such Is My Beloved -- Callaghan's "Certain Perceptions" -- The Two Conflicting Realms -- The Song of Songs: Love and the Sacred -- Conclusion: Incarnational Humanism -- Sacred Passages: Native Symbols in Atwood and Engel.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 270 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Locations of the sacred.".
- catalog identifier "0889202931 (bound) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Locations of the sacred.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press,".
- catalog relation "Locations of the sacred.".
- catalog spatial "Canada Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "Canada Religion.".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog subject "C810.9/382 21".
- catalog subject "Canadian literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR9185.5.R4 J36 1998".
- catalog subject "Religion and culture Canada.".
- catalog subject "Religion and literature Canada.".
- catalog subject "Religion in literature.".
- catalog subject "Religious fiction, Canadian History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Spirituality in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Dislocating the Sacred: The Protestant Voice -- The Protestant Voice -- A Protestant Trio: Davies, MacLennan, and Laurence -- Imprisonment and Liberation -- How Is Canadian Literature "Religious"? -- The Protestant Principle in English-Canadian Fiction -- A Tentative Conclusion -- Relocating the Sacred: The Human Ground of Transcendence -- Eternity and Transcendence -- "Eternity" in Callaghan and MacLennan -- The Ordinary and the Sacred in Mitchell and Munro -- Divining the Depths in Davies, Laurence, and Atwood -- Nature as the Locale of the Sacred -- Native and Christian Attitudes -- Some Typical Canadian Views -- Geography over History -- A New Direction -- In Quest of the Sacred: The Canoe Trip -- The Quest Pattern -- States of the Quest -- Transformative Quest and Canadian Character -- The Canoe Trip as Initiation Rite -- Sacred Death: The Belcher Islands Massacre -- Geographical and Religious Backgrounds -- Narrative of the Events -- The Contemporary Reaction to the Murders -- Analysis -- A Personal Epilogue -- Theodicy and the Sacred: A.M. Klein and Hugh MacLennan -- Parallel Dislocations -- The Second Scroll as Theodicy -- The Watch that Ends the Night and Selfhood -- The Everyman and the Self -- Chaos into Cosmos -- Love and the Sacred: The Ambiguities of Morley Callaghan's Such Is My Beloved -- Callaghan's "Certain Perceptions" -- The Two Conflicting Realms -- The Song of Songs: Love and the Sacred -- Conclusion: Incarnational Humanism -- Sacred Passages: Native Symbols in Atwood and Engel.".
- catalog title "Locations of the sacred : essays on religion, literature, and Canadian culture / William Closson James.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".