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Heeding the call : a study of Denise Giardina's novels /

"In Heeding the Call, William Jolliff offers the first book-length discussion of West Virginia writer and activist Denise Giardina, perhaps best known for her novel Storming Heaven, which helped spark renewed interest in the turn-of-the-century Mine Wars. Jolliff proposes that Giardina's f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jolliff, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Called to mystery: place, politics, and a life of faith
  • Good King Harry: the formation and paradox of a Christian king
  • Storming heaven: colonization and the roots of resistance
  • The unquiet earth: confronting the coalfield apocalypse
  • Saints and villains: conscience, doubt and the call to action
  • Fallam's secret: one true sermon
  • Emily's ghost: the making of a Giardina hero
  • Conclusion: facing the questions, living with mystery.