The Altar at Home : Sentimental Literature and Nineteenth-Century American Religion /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stokes, Claudia, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sentimentalism in literature.
Religion and literature.
Christianity in literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Christianisme dans la litterature.
Religion et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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.

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