Emily Dickinson's approving God : divine design and the problem of suffering /
Keane, Patrick J.
Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press,
c2008.
"Focusing on Emily Dickinson's poem "Apparently with no surprise," Keane explores the poet's embattled relationship with the deity of her Calvinist tradition, reflecting on literature and religion, faith and skepticism, theology and science in light of continuing confrontations between Darwinism and design, science and literal conceptions of a divine Creator"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and indexes.
"Focusing on Emily Dickinson's poem "Apparently with no surprise," Keane explores the poet's embattled relationship with the deity of her Calvinist tradition, reflecting on literature and religion, faith and skepticism, theology and science in light of continuing confrontations between Darwinism and design, science and literal conceptions of a divine Creator"--Provided by publisher.
The poem and images of God -- Religion and science: Einstein's Spinozisti God -- God and evolution : the contemporary debate -- Design, challenged and defended -- Emily Dickinson on Christ and Crucifixion -- Destroyers and victims: "apparently with no surprise" and related scenarios -- Design and accident -- Frost, the blonde assassin -- Dickinson's death-haunted earthly paradise -- Flowers, and thoughts too deep for tears -- Questioning divine benevolence -- The final dialectic: believing and disbelieving.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Theology in literature.
Belief and doubt in literature.
Religion and literature
Science and literature