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TY - JOUR
T1 - Why the Postsecular Matters
T2 - Literary Studies and the Rise of the Novel
AU - Branch, Lori
AU - Knight, Mark James
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Christianity and Literature, 67 (3), 2018, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Christianity and Literature page: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/cal/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - In the summer of 2016, the authors of this essay co-directed a four-week NEH Summer Seminar for faculty, titled “Postsecular Studies and the Rise of the English Novel, 1719–1897.” In this article, we explain why we think the postsecular matters, for literary studies in general and for our stories of the novel in particular. We draw heavily on our experience of the seminar: our preparations for it, the generous contributions of the participants, the points emerging from the large body of transformational material we read, and the intellectual life of our group over four weeks in Iowa.
AB - In the summer of 2016, the authors of this essay co-directed a four-week NEH Summer Seminar for faculty, titled “Postsecular Studies and the Rise of the English Novel, 1719–1897.” In this article, we explain why we think the postsecular matters, for literary studies in general and for our stories of the novel in particular. We draw heavily on our experience of the seminar: our preparations for it, the generous contributions of the participants, the points emerging from the large body of transformational material we read, and the intellectual life of our group over four weeks in Iowa.
KW - rise of the novel
KW - postsecular studies
KW - Robinson Crusoe
KW - Little Dorrit
KW - Phantastes
U2 - 10.1177/0148333117743825
DO - 10.1177/0148333117743825
M3 - Journal article
VL - 67
SP - 493
EP - 510
JO - Christianity and Literature
JF - Christianity and Literature
SN - 2056-5666
IS - 3
ER -