The interpretation of otherness : literature, religion, and the American imagination / Giles Gunn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Studies the ways in which imaginative literature expresses religious meaning and considers the contribution of literary criticism to religious scholarship, maintaining that a reciprocity exists between literature and religion.

The Religious Use and Abuse of Literature: Notes Toward a Short History -- Forms of Religious Meaning in Literature -- The Place of the Literary Critic in Religious Studies -- The American Writer and the Formation of an American Mind: Literature, Culture, and Their Relation to Ultimate Values -- American Literature and the Imagination of Otherness.

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