genre and the religious construction of the self Ruf, Frederick J. 1950- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Oxford University Press 1997 monographic eng

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x, 125 p. Introduction: hearing voices -- ch. 1. The voices of narrative, lyric, and drama: The three characteristics of narrative -- Lyric -- Drama -- ch. 2. "Jogona's great treasure": narrative, lyric, and dramatic intelligibility: Intelligibility: Comprehensiveness and cohesion -- Conclusions -- ch. 3. "Intoxicated with intimacy": the lyric voice in John Donne's Holy sonnets: Unruly autobiography -- Donne's Holy sonnets -- Donne's lyric self -- The lyric voice -- ch. 4. "The circle of chalk": narrative voice in Primo Levi's The periodic table: The periodic table -- The aspiration to narrative -- Narrative instability -- "The rich and messy domain" -- ch. 5. "Survival and distance": the dramatic voice in Robert Wilson's Einstein on the beach: Einstein on the beach -- Dramatic voice in Einstein -- The dramatic voice and religion -- The dramatic self -- ch.. 6. "Harmonized chaos": the mixed voice of Coleridge's Biographia literaria: The biographia literaria -- The form of the Biographia -- Dissociation, fragmentation, and incoherence -- Harmony and unity -- Ramifications: the "mixed" self -- ch. 7. Conclusion: genre and instability. Frederick J. Ruf. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-120) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Donne, John 1572-1631 Wilson, Robert 1941- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1772-1834 Levi, Primo Religious literature, English History and criticism Theory, etc Self in literature Literary form PR145 .R85 1997eb http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10142253 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10142253 CaPaEBR 960909 ebr10142253