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Heaven's interpreters : women writers and religious agency in nineteenth-century America /

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"Heaven's Interpreters demonstrates how women writers of the American antebellum period used popular fictional genres to engage in theological debates and, in the process, brought into being new models of religious agency"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reed, Ashley, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and religion > United States > History > 19th century.
Fiction > Religious aspects.
United States > Religion > 19th century.
American fiction.
American fiction > Women authors.
Religion.
Religion and literature.
Women and literature.
Women and religion.
United States.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Description
Summary:"Heaven's Interpreters demonstrates how women writers of the American antebellum period used popular fictional genres to engage in theological debates and, in the process, brought into being new models of religious agency"--
Physical Description:ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501751363
1501751360