Women's Spirituality in the Twentieth Century - An Exploration Through Fiction (Paperback)

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Wien. This book applies insights from feminist theology to highlight spiritual themes in twentieth-century fiction by women writers. The author traces the way women writers of the twentieth century have not only challenged religious discourse but employed spiritual themes in order to explore more fluid possibilities of gender and identity. The book is wide-ranging in its choice of authors. As well as British and American writers, Irish, African-American, Canadian, Jewish and Caribbean women writers are discussed. Spirituality in women's fiction embraces a wide range of themes. After an introductory chapter sketching out developments in feminist theology for the non-specialist reader, there are chapters on the convent school and the role of the Virgin Mary, the Goddess, the female mystic, womanist spirituality and ecofeminism. The book demonstrates the way in which many women writers attempt to preserve a dialogue between traditional religious discourse and women's contemporary religious experience. The determinedly secular stance of much feminist literary criticism has led to a downplaying of spiritual themes in twentieth-century women's fiction. This study provides a bridge between feminist literary criticism and feminist theology. Contents: Twentieth-century women's spirituality - Twentieth-century women's fiction - Brief introduction to feminist theology - Catholicism and the convent school - The Goddess - Ecofeminism - Womanist theology - The female mystic - Women writers' rebellions against patriarchal religions - Analysis of the following writers: Margaret Atwood, Zee Edgell, Rose Macaulay, Iris Murdoch, Eilis Ni Duibhne,Edna O'Brien, Kate O'Brien, Kathleen Raine, Michele Roberts, May Sinclair, Alice Walker, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Antonia White, Virginia Woolf and Anzia Yezierska.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Religions and Discourse, 20
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Heather Ingman
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-910149-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-910149-8
Barcode:	9783039101498

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