The ecology of memory: Augustine, Eliot, and the form of Wendell Berry’s fiction

Berry’s notion of memory has rich theological and literary roots, which reach to Augustine and T. S. Eliot. After a brief tour through Augustine’s theological view of memory and Eliot’s development of this in The Four Quartets, I examine Berry’s short story “Pray without Ceasing” to demonstrate how...

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Publié dans:Christianity & literature
Auteur principal: Bilbro, Jeffrey (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Johns Hopkins University Press [2016]
Dans: Christianity & literature
RelBib Classification:CD Christianisme et culture
CF Christianisme et science
KBQ Amérique du Nord
NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale
TK Époque contemporaine
Sujets non-standardisés:B Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
B PRAY Without Ceasing (Short story : Berry)
B Narrative Theology
B Memory
B Wendell Berry
B Ecology
B Memory in literature
B Christian Literature
B Research
B BERRY, Wendell, 1934-
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Résumé:Berry’s notion of memory has rich theological and literary roots, which reach to Augustine and T. S. Eliot. After a brief tour through Augustine’s theological view of memory and Eliot’s development of this in The Four Quartets, I examine Berry’s short story “Pray without Ceasing” to demonstrate how this theology works out in the form of his story, enabling his characters to understand and love the whole pattern of which they are a part. By understanding how Berry incorporates this ancient Christian view of memory in the structure of his narration, we can see how memory comprises an integral part of his culturally embattled agrarian and ecological vision.
ISSN:2056-5666
Contient:Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0148333115599883