Trouble in Paradise: Dillwyn Parrish, Praise the Lord!, and Religious Fervor in Southern California in the 1930s
Dillwyn Parrish’s 1932 novel Praise the Lord! depicts Midwestern migrants and their search for the Promised Land in Southern California, the shattered illusions that follow the highest of their hopes, and the strong, sometimes misplaced, and occasionally fanatical religious fervor in the Southland o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2011
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2011, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-76 |
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| Summary: | Dillwyn Parrish’s 1932 novel Praise the Lord! depicts Midwestern migrants and their search for the Promised Land in Southern California, the shattered illusions that follow the highest of their hopes, and the strong, sometimes misplaced, and occasionally fanatical religious fervor in the Southland of the early twentieth century, both historically and in the literature of the region. It is an effective reflection of the quest by newcomers to Los Angeles for spiritual as well as economic fulfillment. It is an undeservedly overlooked work that merits a place in the literary and cultural histories of Los Angeles, particularly for its stark, unromanticized depiction of the spiritual zeal of many newcomers to the Southland. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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