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Giles Gunn
Interpretation of Otherness [PDF ebook]
Literature, Religion, and the American Imagination

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In a unique and probing analysis, this study examines the function of literary criticism in religious studies and explores the relation of literature to religion in the works of major American writers.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780195365399 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 1979 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2278578 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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