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The Altar At Home: Sentimental Literature And Nineteenth-Century American Religion, Claudia Stokes
The Altar At Home: Sentimental Literature And Nineteenth-Century American Religion, Claudia Stokes
Claudia Stokes
Displays of devout religious faith are very much in evidence in nineteenth-century sentimental novels such as Uncle Tom's Cabin and Little Women, but the precise theological nature of this piety has been little examined. In the first dedicated study of the religious contents of sentimental literature, Claudia Stokes counters the long-standing characterization of sentimental piety as blandly nondescript and demonstrates that these works were in fact groundbreaking, assertive, and highly specific in their theological recommendations and endorsements. The Altar at Home explores the many religious contexts and contents of sentimental literature of the American nineteenth century, from the growth of …
"Enslaving You, Body And Soul": The Uses Of Temperance In Uncle Tom's Cabin And "Anti-Tom" Fiction, Ryan C. Cordell
"Enslaving You, Body And Soul": The Uses Of Temperance In Uncle Tom's Cabin And "Anti-Tom" Fiction, Ryan C. Cordell
Ryan Cordell
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