Heaven's Interpreters : Women Writers and Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America

Heaven's Interpreters Women Writers and Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America

"Heaven's Interpreters demonstrates how women writers of the American antebellum period used popular fictional genres to engage in theological debates and, in the process, brought into being new models of religious agency"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Reed, Ashley, 1975- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press 2020
2020.
Subjects:
Fiction > Religious aspects.
Women and religion > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
United States > Religion > 19th century.
secularism, religious fiction, historical novel, American women writers, Lydia Maria Child.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431267106719
Description
Summary:"Heaven's Interpreters demonstrates how women writers of the American antebellum period used popular fictional genres to engage in theological debates and, in the process, brought into being new models of religious agency"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501751387

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