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001 2005007354
003 DLC
005 20050330150616.0
008 050314s2005 lau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005007354
020 $a0807130915 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPS374.N4$bC643 2005
082 00 $a813/.509382$222
100 1 $aColeman, James W.$q(James Wilmouth),$d1946-
245 10 $aFaithful vision :$btreatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction /$cJames W. Coleman.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c2005.
263 $a0509
300 $ap. cm.
440 0 $aSouthern literary studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAfrican American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism -- The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox -- Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation -- Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality -- Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo -- Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aReligion and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aReligious fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in literature.
650 0 $aSpiritual life in literature.
650 0 $aSupernatural in literature.
650 0 $aSpiritualism in literature.
650 0 $aHoly, The, in literature.
650 0 $aFaith in literature.