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The altar at home : sentimental literature and nineteenth-century American religion /
The Altar at Home explores the many religious contexts and contents of the sentimental literature of the American nineteenth century, arguing that this genre played a dynamic role in the development of revivalism, millennialism, feminism, and other forms of heterodoxy.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Revivals of Sentiment: Sentimentalism and the Second Great Awakening
- Chapter 2. My Kingdom: Sentimentalism and the Refinement of Hymnody
- Chapter 3. The Christian Plot: Stowe, Millennialism, and Narrative Form
- Chapter 4. Derelict Daughters and Polygamous Wives: Mormonism and the Uses of Sentiment
- Chapter 5. The Mother Church: Mary Baker Eddy and the Practice of Sentimentalism
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments.