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Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture (Hardcover)
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Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture (Hardcover)
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What might it mean, existentially and spiritually, for humans to
form an intimate relation with particular sites or dwelling places
on earth? In ancient Rome, the notion of a locale's genius loci
signaled recognition of its enchanted, enspirited identity. But in
a digitalized America of unprecedented mobility can place still
matter as seed ground for the soul? Such questions have been
broached by ecocritics concerned with how place-inflected
experience figures in literature, and by theologians concerned with
ecotheology and ecospirituality. This book offers a uniquely
integrative perspective, informed by a theological phenomenology of
place that takes fuller account of the spiritualities associated
with built environments than ecocriticism typically does. Spirits
of Place blends theological and cultural analysis with personal
reflection, while focusing on the multi-layered witness presented
by American literature. John Gatta's interpretive readings range
across texts by an array of canonical as well as lesser-known
writers. Along the way, it addresses such themes as the religious
implications of localism vs. globalism; the diverse spiritualities
associated with long-term residency, resettlement, and pilgrimage;
why some sites seem more hallowed than others; and how the creative
spirit of Imagination figures in place-identified perceptions of
the numinous. Whether in Christian or other religious terms, no
discrete place matters absolutely. Yet this study demonstrates how
and why hallowed geography and the sacramentality of place have
mattered throughout our cultural history.
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