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An Incarnational Imagination? Christianity, Narrativity, and Alice Munro's "The Love of a Good Woman".
- Source :
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Christianity & Literature . Jun2020, Vol. 69 Issue 2, p272-293. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In her introduction to Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories, Margaret Atwood identifies a parallel between the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation and Munro's narrative practices: that the "denial of either/or classifying logic and an acceptance of both-at-once mystery" essential to the Incarnation seem parallel to the way in which Munro's stories "resolve themselves--or fail to resolve themselves." Atwood's insight encourages an examination of the narrative engagement with Christianity found in a wide range of Munro's stories. This paper does so in "The Love of a Good Woman" (1998), a test case for understanding the possibilities of incarnational imagination in Munro's fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CHRISTIANS
*DOCTRINAL theology
*CHRISTIANITY
*FICTION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01483331
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Christianity & Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145299787
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/chy.2020.0021