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Author:

Reed, Ashley, 1975- author.

Title:

Heaven's interpreters : women writers and religious agency in nineteenth-century America / Ashley Reed.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Religion and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Women and religion--United States--History--19th century.
Fiction--Religious aspects.
United States--Religion--19th century.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1501751360
9781501751363

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1127072834

LCCN:

2019051194

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)