“But now my eye sees you”
This article argues Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 is a postsecular retelling of the book of Job. The novel not only alludes directly to Job, but shares plot, structure, and theme. Both texts explore religious meaning; divining the nature of the transcendent is the primary task of both protag...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2016]
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Christianity & literature
Jahr: 2016, Band: 65, Heft: 4, Seiten: 430-454 |
RelBib Classification: | CD Christentum und Kultur HB Altes Testament KBQ Nordamerika TK Neueste Zeit |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
The Crying of Lot 49
B Religious Literature History & criticism B CRYING of Lot 49, The (Book : Pynchon) B conflict of interests B Thomas Pynchon B Mystery B Job B Ambiguity B Pynchon, Thomas, 1937- B Transcendent |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article argues Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 is a postsecular retelling of the book of Job. The novel not only alludes directly to Job, but shares plot, structure, and theme. Both texts explore religious meaning; divining the nature of the transcendent is the primary task of both protagonists. Further, both texts detail an education in uncertainty: as the voice from the whirlwind “answers” neither Oedipa nor Job according to expectations, each comes to understand the innate uncertainty of life and gains the self-knowledge and wisdom to live fully in spite of and according to this ambiguity. |
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ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333115599886 |