Good Work and Good Works: Work and the Postsecular in George Saunders’s CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

Drawing on what American short story writer and novelist George Saunders has described as the urge toward kindness in his work, as well as its myriad allusions to Christian symbology and religiosity, this paper explores the intersection of languages of labour or “work” and religious tensions in Saun...

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Main Authors: Brian Jansen, Hollie Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2018-07-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13191
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