American Madonna by Gatta
This book explores a notable if unlikely undercurrent of interest in Mary as mythical Madonna that has persisted in American life and letters from fairly early in the nineteenth century into the later twentieth. This imaginative involvement with the Divine Woman - verging at times on devotional homage - is especially intriguing as manifested in the Protestant writers who are the focus of this study: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harold Federic, Henry Adams, and T.S. Eliot.-
Democratic Religion
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Orthodox Christianity in America
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Race and Redemption in Puritan New England
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The Origins of American Religious Nationalism
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Houses Divided
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Reimagining Denominationalism
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Holy Jumpers
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The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus
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Sacred Borders
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A Divinity for All Persuasions
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Fathers on the Frontier
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Tenacious of Their Liberties
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The Revival of 1857-58
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American Methodist Worship
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Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods
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Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770-1810
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The Gospel Working Up
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Missionaries of Republicanism
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A Republic of Righteousness
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Episcopal Women
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The Soul of Development
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Taking Heaven by Storm
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Princeton in the Nation's Service
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The Viper on the Hearth
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Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England
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Nathaniel Taylor, New Haven Theology, and the Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
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John Williamson Nevin, American Theologian
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Nothing But Christ
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The Church on the World's Turf
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American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions
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Keepers of the Covenant
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Female Piety in Puritan New England
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The Rude Hand of Innovation
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Black Puritan, Black Republican
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Identifying the Image of God
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The Universalist Movement in America, 1770-1880
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A Controversial Spirit
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Old Ship of Zion
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Ojibwe Singers
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Black Religion in America
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Encounters with God
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The Presbyterian Controversy
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Sympathetic Puritans
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Transgressing the Bounds
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Black Zion
"..elegant study....clear, concise prose....wise and illuminating book."--Church History
"Brilliant....Gatta's study is a model for the kind of scholarhip at which all of us, at our best, aim. It is fully researched, excellently composed, and full of insight."--Christianity and Literature
"Gatta displays an enviable interdisciplinary mastery of his subject and demonstrates the widespread presence Mary has held in one form or another in American culture. Remarkable for its intelligence and depth."--Choice
"Gatta's study is a model for the kind of scholarship at which all of us, at our best, aim. It is fully researched, excellently composed, and full of insight."--Joseph Schwartz, Marquette University
"This study of a literary counterculture will be appreciated by all with interests in American literature, Marian piety, and the intersection of religious literary motifs and social reality."--Anglican Theological Review
"[A] well-written study....John Gatta has indeed identified a minor but distinctive literary refrain, and his proof texts are varied and ample enough to be convincing and suggestive of future conversation."--JAAR
"Brilliant....Gatta's study is a model for the kind of scholarhip at which all of us, at our best, aim. It is fully researched, excellently composed, and full of insight."--Christianity and Literature
"Gatta displays an enviable interdisciplinary mastery of his subject and demonstrates the widespread presence Mary has held in one form or another in American culture. Remarkable for its intelligence and depth."--Choice
"Gatta's study is a model for the kind of scholarship at which all of us, at our best, aim. It is fully researched, excellently composed, and full of insight."--Joseph Schwartz, Marquette University
"This study of a literary counterculture will be appreciated by all with interests in American literature, Marian piety, and the intersection of religious literary motifs and social reality."--Anglican Theological Review
"[A] well-written study....John Gatta has indeed identified a minor but distinctive literary refrain, and his proof texts are varied and ample enough to be convincing and suggestive of future conversation."--JAAR
About the Author: John Gatta is Professor of English and English Department Head at the University of Connecticut. His publications, most concerned with religion and literature, include numerous journal articles and an award-winning book on the New England poet Edward Taylor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195112627 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195112628 |
| Title | American Madonna |
| Author | Gatta |
| Series | Religion In America |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1997-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Named a 1998 Outstanding Academic Book by ^IChoice^R. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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