Coleman, Dawn  1973- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814212059 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814212050 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814293072 (cd-rom) 0814293077 (cd-rom) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012018926 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Preaching--History.--United States<br/>Preaching in literature.<br/>Roman.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 166   / .C65 2013