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Modern occult rhetoric : mass media and the drama of secrecy in the twentieth century / Joshua Gunn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rhetoric, culture, and social critiquePublication details: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 340 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780817385415
  • 081738541X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern occult rhetoric.DDC classification:
  • 130/.1/4 22
LOC classification:
  • BF1439 .G86 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 08.47
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Contents:
pt. 1. Esoterica -- pt. 2. Exoterica.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic sc.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)456856

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Esoterica -- pt. 2. Exoterica.

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A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic sc.

English.