Clashing convictions : science and religion in American fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tricomi, Albert H., 1942- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2016]
Series:	Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
Subjects:	American fiction > History and criticism. Science in literature. Religion in literature. American fiction. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Emergent formations of the science-religion binary: Sara Orne Jewett's A country doctor, Edward Eggleston's The faith doctor, Milton Scott's Henry Elwood, and Henry Adams's Esther
The new biblical criticism and Darwinism: Harold Frederic's The damnation of Theron Ware
An American response to Darwinism: James Lane Allen's The reign of law
An enlightenment critique of religious mania: W.D. Howells's The Leatherwood God
A research scientist's religion: Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith
Satirizing fundamentalist education and revivalist preachers: Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry
Transhistorical parable: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the wind
Contemporary perspectives: James Scott Bell's The Darwin conspiracy and the soul of America.