RT Review
T1 The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Edited by Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton
JF Literature and theology
VO 20
IS 4
SP 477
OP 478
A1 Newlands, George M. 1941-
LA English
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2006
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1780310811
AB This fascinating collection contemplates the ambitious task of the resurrection of the grand narrative, in suitably chastened form, in the postmodern era. The editors discern that a world without an underlying narrative of hope is a pretty bleak place, and they consider, with all due caution and caveats, the conditions of the possibility of hope after hope. The medium which will carry their vision of hope renewed is the gift of story. The volume covers a widely comprehensive array of postmodern authors. To read it through is a literary education in itself, and a reminder of the—almost—limitless range of notes that can be struck in modern fiction.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/litthe/frl049