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Textual Intimacy|Wesley A. Kort

Textual Intimacy : Autobiography and Religious Identities

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Given its 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 with a meditation on several meanings of the word assumption.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780813932774
  • ISBN-10: 0813932777
  • Publisher: University of Virginia Press
  • Publish Date: May 2012
  • Dimensions: 9.08 x 6.09 x 0.73 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.78 pounds
  • Page Count: 264
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-22

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