James baldwin and the heavenly city: prophecy, apocalypse, and doubt
Auteur :
Hobson, Christopher Z.
Éditeur :
Michigan State University Press
ISBN :
9781611862898
Date de publication :
1 août 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Focusing on Baldwin’s six novels, along with essays, stories, and drama, this book shows that his novels use biblical ideas in partly - but not fully - secularized ways to express the possible human attainment of a new life embodying a real but undefinable holiness.