UID:
edocfu_9958352293902883
Format:
1 online resource(296p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. , 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812290141
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. Revivals of Sentiment: Sentimentalism and the Second Great Awakening --
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Chapter 2. My Kingdom: Sentimentalism and the Refinement of Hymnody --
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Chapter 3. The Christian Plot: Stowe, Millennialism, and Narrative Form --
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Chapter 4. Derelict Daughters and Polygamous Wives: Mormonism and the Uses of Sentiment --
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Chapter 5. The Mother Church: Mary Baker Eddy and the Practice of Sentimentalism --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812290141
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290141
