Clashing convictions : science and religion in American fiction / / Albert H. Tricomi

• Autore: Tricomi Albert H. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Disciplina: 813/.509382
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism; Science in literature; Religion in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Emergent formations of the science-religion binary: Sara Orne Jewett's A country doctor, Edward Eggleston's The faith doctor, Milton Scott's Henry Elwood, and Henry Adams's Esther -- The new biblical criticism and Darwinism: Harold Frederic's The damnation of Theron Ware -- An American response to Darwinism: James Lane Allen's The reign of law -- An enlightenment critique of religious mania: W.D. Howells's The Leatherwood God -- A research scientist's religion: Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith -- Satirizing fundamentalist education and revivalist preachers: Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry -- Transhistorical parable: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the wind -- Contemporary perspectives: James Scott Bell's The Darwin conspiracy and the soul of America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Clashing convictions
• ISBN: 0-8142-7405-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910137117503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.