| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Writing Women's Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America -- "My Resolve is the Feminine of My Father's Oath" : Ritual Agency and Religious Language in the Early National Historical Novel -- "Unsheathe the Sword of a Strong, Unbending Will" : Sentimental Agency and the Doctrinal Work of Woman's Fiction -- "I Have Sinned against God and Myself" : Bearing Witness to Enslaved Women's Agency in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -- "The Human Soul ... Makes All Things Sacred" : Communal Agency in the Theological Romances of Harriet Beecher Stowe -- "I Have No Disbelief" : Women's Spiritualist Novels and Nonliberal Agencies -- Conclusion : Women's Religious Agency Today |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Religion and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Religion and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and religion -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Fiction -- Religious aspects.
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Women and literature. |
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United States -- Religion -- 19th century.
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Religion. |
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Women and religion. |
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Literary Criticism -- Modern -- 19th Century. |
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Fiction -- Religious aspects. |
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Literary Criticism -- Women Authors. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Indexed Term |
secularism, religious fiction, historical novel, American women writers, Lydia Maria Child. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reed, Ashley, 1975- Heaven's interpreters. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501751363 (DLC) 2019051194 (OCoLC)1127072834 |
| ISBN |
9781501751370 electronic book |
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1501751379 electronic book |
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9781501751387 electronic book |
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1501751387 electronic book |
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9781501751363 paperback |
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1501751360 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781501751387 |
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