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OverviewPostmodern, Marxist, and Christian Historical Novels: Hope and the Burdens of History argues historical novels can help readers receive the burdens of history—meaning both the burdens of the past, present, and future and the burden of living in time—and develop a more robust conception of and concrete practice of hope. Since the 1960s, historical novels have been a dominant literary genre, but they have been influenced primarily not by Christian but by postmodern and marxist thinkers and writers. This book provides a theological and literary analysis of all three types of historical novels—postmodern, marxist, and Christian—and outlines what each school of thought can learn from each other regarding historical understanding and hope. Using Jürgen Moltmann’s theology of hope and Frank Kermode’s literary criticism as a theoretical basis, the book offers readings of novels by Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt, Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ian McEwan, and Ursula LeGuin, among others, and ends with an extended analysis of Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead series. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lynne W. HinojosaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781032155364ISBN 10: 1032155361 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 16 June 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter One: Hope, History, and Historical Novels: Postmodern, Marxist, Christian Chapter Two: Frank Kermode, Jürgen Moltmann, and Three Modern Derivatives of Christian Hope Chapter Three: Postmodern Historical Novels: Idealistic and Ironic Hopes Chapter Four: Marxist Historical Novels: Utopic Hope Chapter Five: Moltmann on Eschatological Historiography and the Modern Church Chapter Six: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead Series: Historical Novels for a Disburdened ChurchReviewsAt a time when hope is too often dismissed as a utopian ideal, Hinojosa argues that this virtue is, in fact, a worldly practice, one that engages not only the future but the present and past as well. Her readings of modern historical fiction within the framework of Jurgen Moltmann and others show how genuine hope makes a difference in the lives of characters and readers alike, enabling us to participate in God's mission of love and justice. -Elizabeth Newman, Adjunct Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School Author InformationLynne W. Hinojosa is Associate Professor of Literature in the Honors Program at Baylor University. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame (2003). In addition to essays in journals such as Literature and Theology, Religion and Literature, and the Journal of Modern Literature, she has published two scholarly monographs: The Renaissance, English Cultural Nationalism, and Modernism, 1860-1920 (Palgrave, 2009), and Puritanism and Modernist Novels: From Moral Character to the Ethical Self (The Ohio State University Press, 2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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