Inner-Space and Liquid Myths: J.G. Ballard as a Post-Secular Writer
British novelist James Graham Ballard (1930-2009) was an inveterate mythmaker. In this article, I characterise him as a post-secular writer who saw the imagination as a means to confront trauma, probe memory, and salvage meaning in a secular age. Anchoring the argument in a selection of novels and w...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Literature and theology
Année: 2020, Volume: 34, Numéro: 3, Pages: 304-321 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianisme et culture FA Théologie ZD Psychologie |
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| Résumé: | British novelist James Graham Ballard (1930-2009) was an inveterate mythmaker. In this article, I characterise him as a post-secular writer who saw the imagination as a means to confront trauma, probe memory, and salvage meaning in a secular age. Anchoring the argument in a selection of novels and works that constitute his ‘autobiographical turn’, I suggest that resonances with contemporary theology may be detected, particularly the disruptive, anti-fascist, postmodern, ‘tehomic’ theology of Catherine Keller. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fraa010 |