Synopses & Reviews
Outlining the four fundamental concerns of the study of theology--representation, history, ethics and transcendence--this book examines each of these concerns in light of contemporary critical theory. Graham Ward explores the theological themes of the most prominent theorists, outlining their implications for the future of theology and proposing new directions for the future of theological study within a cosmos re-enchanted by postmodernism.
Review
...these diverse and engaging essays offer much-needed depth and substance to Spark criticism...Highly recommended...
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Synopsis
The first serious attempt to engage the writing of Muriel Spark in a sustained theoretical reading.
Synopsis
Theorizing Muriel Spark is the first serious attempt to engage the writing of Muriel Spark in a sustained theoretical reading. It has a particular emphasis on gender, psychoanalysis, postcolonial and deconstructive reading strategies. Drawing together a range of significant names in the field of contemporary literature and critical theory (including Judith Roof, Susan Sellers, Bryan Cheyette, Patricia Duncker, Nicholas Royle, Willy Maley, Julian Wolfreys, and Helene Cixous) this collection of essays deals with the full range of Spark's literary output. It concludes with a new interview with Muriel Spark.
Synopsis
Drawing together a range of significant names in the field of contemporary literature and critical theory, this collection of essays deals with the full range of Spark's literary output. It has a particular emphasis on gender, psychoanalysis, post-colonial, and deconstructive reading strategies. It concludes with a new interview with Muriel Spark
About the Author
Martin McQuillan is Lecturer in Cultural Theory and Analysis, University of Leed
Table of Contents
Introduction, "I Don't Know Anything about Freud: Muriel Spark Meets Contemporary Criticism"--Martin McQuillan
Part I: Gender Tales of Love: Narcissism and Idealization in
The Public Image --Susan Sellers * The Future Perfect's Perfect Future: Spark's and Duras's Narrative Drive--Judith Roof * The Suggestive Spectacle: Queer Passions in Bronte's
Villette and
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie --Patricia Duncker * In Bed with Muriel Spark: Mourning, Metonymy, and Autobiography--Martin McQuillan
Part II: Race Writing against Conversion: Murile Spark the Gentile Jewess--Bryan Cheyette * Muriel Spark Shot in Africa--Eleanor Byrne * A Bit of the Other:
Symposium, Futility, and Scotland--Alan Freeman
Part III: Deconstruction Muriel Spark's Uselessness--Jeremy Idle * Muriel Spark's
Mary Shelley : A Gothic and Liminal Life--Julian Wolfreys * Not to Deconstruct? Righting and Deference in
Not to Disturb --Willy Maley * Memento Mori--Nicholas Royle
Part IV: Appendices Grimacing Catholicism: Muriel Spark's Macabre Farce--Helene Cixous * "The Same Informed Air: An Interview with Muriel Spark"