Resistance and the sermon in American literature: the cultural work of literary preaching from Emerson to Morrison

"Examining how key US writers - from the mid-nineteenth century to the present - have subverted the predominantly religious content of the sermon, this book analyses the complex literary preaching that appears in the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Hardi...

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Autore principale: Smalley, Matthew (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2024
In:Anno: 2024
Periodico/Rivista:New directions in religion and literature
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B USA / Letteratura / Omelia / Secolarizzazione / Storia 1850-2024
Altre parole chiave:B Religion in literature
B Sermons in literature
B Preaching in literature
B American literature 19th century History and criticism
B American literature 20th century History and criticism
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Riepilogo:"Examining how key US writers - from the mid-nineteenth century to the present - have subverted the predominantly religious content of the sermon, this book analyses the complex literary preaching that appears in the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison. The author demonstrates how these writers use the sermon to reimagine profound moments of reform in a political, cultural, aesthetic, and predominantly secular mode"--
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrizione fisica:xi, 215 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-350-40000-9
978-1-350-40025-2