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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

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