1st Edition
Nineteenth-Century American Women Write Religion Lived Theologies and Literature
By Mary McCartin Wearn
Copyright 2014
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nineteenth-century American women’s culture was immersed in religious experience and female authors of the era employed representations of faith to various cultural ends. Focusing primarily on non-canonical texts, this collection explores the diversity of religious discourse in nineteenth-century women’s literature. The contributors examine fiction, political writings, poetry, and memoirs by... Read more
Introduction, Mary McCartinWearn; Chapter 1 Renegade Religious, Nancy F.Sweet; Chapter 2 Shaping Narrative, Joy A. J.Howard; Chapter 3 Composing Radical Lives, RachelCope; Chapter 4 “Come Right Down With Me”, Benjamin G.Sammons; Chapter 5 Religious Popular Culture and the Critique of Romantic Racialism in Harriet E. Wilson’s Our Nig, Randi LynnTanglen; Chapter 6 “One, Hermaphroditic] Angel”, KarlynCrowley; Chapter 7 “The Grace of God Assisting”, Valerie D.Levy; Chapter 8 “A Religion of Their Own”, GregoryEiselein; Chapter 9 “A startling reform”, RoxanneHarde; Chapter 10 The Puritan Roots of Sarah Piatt’s Feminist Materialism, Mary McCartinWeam;
Biography
Mary McCartin Wearn is Associate Professor of English and Assistant Vice President of Academic Planning and Policy at Middle Georgia State College.
'...makes a welcome contribution to the growing scholarly interest in women’s religious attitudes and experiences in nineteenth-century America.' Nan Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder 'This is a series of carefully thought out essays exploring women's personal spiritual authority and involvement in "religious conversations." ... Readers researching women's history and spirituality, American studies and religious studies will be interested. Footnotes, bibliography and index provided.' Magistra
