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AB  - "Given its natural affinity with questions of identity, autobiography offers a way into the interior space between author and reader, especially when writers define themselves in terms of religion. In his exploration of this 'textual intimacy,' Wesley Kort begins with a theorization of what it means to say who one is and how one's self-account as a religious person stands in relation to other forms of self-identification. He then provides a critical analysis of autobiographical texts by nine contemporary American writers--including Maya Angelou, Philip Roth, and Anne Lamott--who give religion a positive place in their accounts of who they are. Finally, in disclosing his own religious identity, Kort concludes his journey with a meditation on several meanings of the single word assumption."--p. [4] of cover.
AU  - Kort, Wesley A.
CN  - ProQuest Ebook Central
CN  - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete
CN  - BL628.5
CY  - Charlottesville :
DA  - 2012.
ID  - 456965
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Spiritual journals
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N2  - "Given its natural affinity with questions of identity, autobiography offers a way into the interior space between author and reader, especially when writers define themselves in terms of religion. In his exploration of this 'textual intimacy,' Wesley Kort begins with a theorization of what it means to say who one is and how one's self-account as a religious person stands in relation to other forms of self-identification. He then provides a critical analysis of autobiographical texts by nine contemporary American writers--including Maya Angelou, Philip Roth, and Anne Lamott--who give religion a positive place in their accounts of who they are. Finally, in disclosing his own religious identity, Kort concludes his journey with a meditation on several meanings of the single word assumption."--p. [4] of cover.
PB  - University of Virginia Press,
PP  - Charlottesville :
PY  - 2012.
SN  - 9780813932781
T1  - Textual intimacyautobiography and religious identities /
TI  - Textual intimacyautobiography and religious identities /
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