Emily Dickinson's approving God : divine design and the problem of suffering /

Emily Dickinson's approving God : divine design and the problem of suffering /

"Focusing on Emily Dickinson's poem "Apparently with no surprise," Keane explores the poet's embattled relationship with the deity of her Calvinist tradition, reflecting on literature and religion, faith and skepticism, theology and science in light of continuing confrontati...

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Author / Creator: Keane, Patrick J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Religion.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Knowledge and learning > Calvinism.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886.
19th century
Theology in literature.
Belief and doubt in literature.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and science.
History.
Religion and literature.
Calvinism.
Religion.
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Dickinson Texts
  • Introduction: A Poem and Its Theological, Scientific, and Political Contexts
  • Part I.
  • Chapter 1. The Poem and Images of God
  • Chapter 2. Religion and Science: Einstein's Spinozistic God
  • Chapter 3. God and Evolution: The Contemporary Debate
  • Chapter 4. Design, Challenged and Defended
  • Chapter 5. Emily Dickinson on Christ and Crucifixion
  • Part II.
  • Chapter 6. Destroyers and Victims: "Apparently with no Surprise" and Related Scenarios
  • Chapter 7. Design and Accident
  • Chapter 8. Frost, the Blonde Assassin
  • Chapter 9. Dickinson's Death-Haunted Earthly Paradise
  • Chapter 10. Flowers, and Thoughts Too Deep for Tears
  • Chapter 11. Questioning Divine Benevolence
  • Chapter 12. The Final Dialectic: Believing and Disbelieving
  • Conclusion: Multi-Perspectivism in Interpretation
  • Appendix. Derek Mahon's "A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford"
  • Bibliography
  • Index of First Lines
  • General Index

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