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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524890503321

Autore

Coleman Dawn (Dawn Davina), <1973->

Titolo

Preaching and the Rise of the American Novel / Dawn Coleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8142-7004-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 293 p. )

Collana

Literature, religion, and postsecular studies

Disciplina

810.9/382

Soggetti

Preaching in literature

Preaching - United States - History

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creating the preacher's authority -- The slow rise of novel in America -- The radical Protestant preaching of George Lippard -- Secularizing the sermon in The scarlet letter -- Playing preacher in Moby-Dick -- The unsentimental woman preacher of Uncle Tom's cabin -- The borrowed sermons of Clotel; or, the President's daughter.