Missionary Positions : Evangelicalism and Empire in American Fiction /

Weaving together political, theological, and literary analyses this investigation examines a broad range of works, featuring both those that celebrate and those that criticize American missionaries at home and abroad.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Tricomi, Albert H., 1942-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Missionaries in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
American fiction.
Roman americain > Histoire et critique.
Évangelisme dans la litterature.
Missionnaires dans la litterature.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Remaking the myth of a chosen people in Catharine Sedwick's Hope Leslie
  • Evangelizing the Indians under Manifest Destiny in Cooper's The oak openings
  • Melville's indictment of the missionaries in Typee and Omooo
  • The missionary novel in decline, Mark Twain, and America's second manifest destiny
  • Revival : missionary reform in Alice Hobart's Yang and Yin and missionary rebuke in Claude McKay's Banana bottom
  • Contesting America's missionary destiny in Sinclair Lewis's The God-seeker
  • The reluctant embrace of American Missionary imperialism in James Michener's Hawaii
  • Contemporary developments: Hersey's The call, Kingsolver's Poinsonwood bible, Grisham's The testament, and LaHaye's "Left behind" novels.

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