Sacraments of Memory by Erin Michael Salius

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Argues that Catholicism informs a major genre of African American literature in ways and with a significance that has gone largely unrecognised. Sacraments of Memory thus proposes a new framework for understanding the revisionist aims of these works, contextualizing the scepticism they exhibit towards historical realism in terms of a Catholic counter-tradition in American literature.

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Sacraments of Memory by Erin Michael Salius

This book argues that Catholicism informs a major genre of African American literature in ways and with a significance that has gone largely unrecognized. Sacraments of Memory thus proposes a new framework for understanding the revisionist aims of these works, contextualizing the skepticism they exhibit towards historical realism in terms of a Catholic counter-tradition in American literature that has long been associated with superstition and irrationality.

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Erin Michael Salius is associate director of Summer Term at Boston University.
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ISBN 13 9780813056890
ISBN 10 0813056896
Title Sacraments of Memory
Author Erin Michael Salius
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University Press of Florida
Year published 2018-05-30
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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