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The valiant woman : the Virgin Mary in nineteenth-century American culture /

Nineteenth-century America was rife with Protestant-fuelled anti-Catholicism. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez reveals how Protestants nevertheless became surprisingly and deeply fascinated with the Virgin Mary. Documenting the Marian imagery that suffused popular visual and literary culture, Alvarez argues...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alvarez, Elizabeth Hayes (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Nineteenth-century America was rife with Protestant-fuelled anti-Catholicism. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez reveals how Protestants nevertheless became surprisingly and deeply fascinated with the Virgin Mary. Documenting the Marian imagery that suffused popular visual and literary culture, Alvarez argues that Mary became a potent, shared exemplar of Christian womanhood around which Christians of all stripes rallied.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469627434
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