Invocation as Self-Change: George Saunders's Use of Prayer.
George Saunders, who was raised in the Catholic Church and became a Tibetan Buddhist as an adult, incorporates prayer into many of his short stories. Using Catholic and Buddhist definitions and conceptions of prayer, this essay examines prayers in three short stories—"Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz,"...
| Publicado en: | Religion & the Arts Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 399 - 415 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2020
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