Wrestling with "Half Gods": Biblical Discourse in Mary Austin's The Ford

Mary Austin's novel The Ford recounts the water transfer from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles in the early twentieth century. Previous critical analysis of the text has focused on its vision of regional development and its concern with gender roles, while largely ignoring the novel's exten...

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Main Author: Peterson, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press [2018]
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 653-668
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HA Bible
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Mary Austin
B Rural development
B The Ford
B Race identity
B bioregional
B Bible
B PROTAGONISTS (Persons)
B FORD, The (Book)
B transregional
B AUSTIN, Mary
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