Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature : The Material Sacred
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1350280410
ISBN-13
9781350280410
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 28th, 2026
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.50 x 1.30 cms
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What does it feel like to experience the sacred today? Examining in detail many of this century''s most significant writers, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Mohsin Hamid, Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson and Don DeLillo, Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature: The Material Sacredargues that contemporary social and cultural forms, most especially those of 21st century literature, are marked by what Emily McAvan calls a material sacred.
Placing Christian, Jewish and Muslim writers in conversation with the new materialisms, this book shows how secular and sacred mix unpredictably in contemporary writing. In this important contribution to the understanding of religion, materialism and literature, McAvan maps new territory, arguing that the material sacred shows us that the human and non-human, the divine and the profane, have been interwoven from the start.
Placing Christian, Jewish and Muslim writers in conversation with the new materialisms, this book shows how secular and sacred mix unpredictably in contemporary writing. In this important contribution to the understanding of religion, materialism and literature, McAvan maps new territory, arguing that the material sacred shows us that the human and non-human, the divine and the profane, have been interwoven from the start.
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