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Tables of Contents for Ancestors and Gods
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
11
13
Introduction
13
10
Stranger in a Strange Land Self-Distancing in Laurence's Travel Writings
23
22
`And Strange Speech is in Your Mouth' Language and Alienation in This Side Jordan
45
18
Dancing to a New Song The Limits of Community in The Tomorrow-Tamer
63
22
The Double-Named Stone Negotiating Contraries in The Stone Angel
85
30
Speaking in Tongues Liberating Voices in A Jest of God
115
22
The Unmerry-go-round of Pointless Words The Fire-Dwellers and A Jest of God
137
18
Setting Our House in Order Order and Anarchy in A Bird in the House
155
22
Flowing Both Ways The River of Paradox in The Diviners
177
26
Bibliography
203
8
Index of Names
211