Heaven's Interpreters: Women Writers and Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America
Author:   Ashley Reed
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501751363


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ashley Reed
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501751363


ISBN 10:   1501751360
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Introduction: Writing Women's Religious Agency in Nineteenth-Century America 1. ""My Resolve Is the Feminine of My Father's Oath"": Ritual Agency and Religious Language in the Early National Historical Novel 2. ""Unsheathe the Sword of a Strong, Unbending Will"": Sentimental Agency and the Doctrinal Work of Woman's Fiction 3. ""I Have Sinned against God and Myself "": Bearing Witness to Enslaved Women's Agency in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4. ""The Human Soul...Makes All Things Sacred"": Communal Agency in the Theological Romances of Harriet Beecher Stowe 5. ""I Have No Disbelief "": Women's Spiritualist Novels and Nonliberal Agencies Conclusion: Women's Religious Agency Today"

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Ashley Reed is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech. Follow her on X @AshleyKReed.

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