Preaching and the rise of the American novel /

Coleman, Dawn 1973-

Preaching and the rise of the American novel / Dawn Coleman. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013. - ix, 293 p. ; 24 cm. - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies . - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index.

Creating authority in the pulpit -- The slow rise of the novel in America -- The radical Protestant preaching of George Lippard -- Secularizing the sermon in The Scarlet Letter -- Playing preacher in Moby-Dick -- The unsentimental woman preacher of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The borrowed robes of Clotel; or, The President's Daughter -- The lingering rivalry: exposing the sermon's limitations in William Dean Howells's The Minister Charge.

9780814212059 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814212050 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814293072 (cd-rom) 0814293077 (cd-rom)

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American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Preaching--History.--United States
Preaching in literature.
Roman.


USA.

PS 166 / .C65 2013