Impossible Reading : Idolatry and Diversity in Literature.
Oventile, Robert S.
Impossible Reading : Idolatry and Diversity in Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (267 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Impossible Reading: The Second Commandment and Moses's Delay -- Chapter Two An Etiolating Light: Plato's One, Paul's One -- Chapter Three Idolatry's Allegorical Overcoming: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's El Divino Narciso -- Chapter Four Idolatry and Sovereignty in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick -- Chapter Five An Impossible Milagro: Alfredo Véa's gods go begging -- Chapter Six Cross Out: The Los Angeles County Seal Debate -- Notes -- Index.
9781934542033
Idols and images in literature.
Electronic books.
PN56.I424.O94 2008
Impossible Reading : Idolatry and Diversity in Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (267 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Impossible Reading: The Second Commandment and Moses's Delay -- Chapter Two An Etiolating Light: Plato's One, Paul's One -- Chapter Three Idolatry's Allegorical Overcoming: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's El Divino Narciso -- Chapter Four Idolatry and Sovereignty in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick -- Chapter Five An Impossible Milagro: Alfredo Véa's gods go begging -- Chapter Six Cross Out: The Los Angeles County Seal Debate -- Notes -- Index.
9781934542033
Idols and images in literature.
Electronic books.
PN56.I424.O94 2008