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  1. Journalism and the novel
    truth and fiction, 1700 - 2000
    Author: Underwood, Doug
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge

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  2. Displacing the divine
    the minister in the mirror of American fiction
    Author: Walrath, Douglas Alan
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Columbia Univ. Press, New York

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780231151061; 0231151063; 9780231521802; 0231521804
    Series: <<The>> religion and American culture series
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism; Clergy in literature; Christianity and literature--United States--History
    Scope: XVI, 379 S., 24 cm
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    Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: Fiction as a mirror of culture -- Part I: Exposing the divine : 1790s-1850s -- Faltering fathers and devious divines : popular images -- Misfits in America -- Harsh Puritans and fanatical Calvinists -- Scoundrels in collars -- Clerics in contention : church images -- Liberal challengers -- Faithful Calvinists -- Precarious pastors -- Vulnerable divines : radical images -- Victims of their believing -- Perpetrators of oppression -- Exposing the divine -- Part II: Discrediting the divine : 1860s-1920s -- Compulsives and accommodators : popular images -- Compelled believers -- Compulsive believers -- Accommodating believers -- Prudent believers -- Con men in collars and heroes of the cloth : popular images -- Phony preachers -- Muscular ministers -- Gallant parsons -- Activist preachers and their detractors : popular images -- Social ministers -- Entrenched reactionaries -- Social activists -- Utopian idealists -- Champions of the faith : church images -- Muscular believers -- Social evangelicals -- Foundering divines : radical images -- Inept contenders -- Anachronisms -- Flawed divines : radical images -- Weak and impotent men -- Pretenders, deceivers, and commercial preachers -- Part III: The legacy : 1930s-2000s -- Fallen divines : some contemporary images -- Deprived preachers : a radical image -- Comic Calvinists : a popular and church image -- Human divines : a popular image -- Conclusion: The legacy of the displaced divine -- The displacing : a summary -- The legacy
  3. Missionary positions
    evangelicalism and empire in American fiction
    Author: Tricomi, Albert H
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville [u.a.]

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  4. 100 must-read American novels
    Author: Rennison, Nick; Wood, Edward J
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Black, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781408129128; 1408129124
    Series: Bloomsbury good reading guides
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism
    Scope: XXII, 180 S., 15 cm
  5. Understanding American fiction as postcolonial literature
    literature in the historical development of a fluctuating cultural identity
    Author: Daniels, Patsy J
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY [u.a.]

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  6. Alone in America
    the stories that matter
    Author: Ferguson, Robert A
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]on

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674066762; 0674066766; 9780674068032; 0674068033
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism; Loneliness in literature
    Scope: X, 283 S., 20 cm
  7. Truth's ragged edge
    the rise of the American novel
    Author: Gura, Philip F
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

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    Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780809094455
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism; Religion in literature; Religion and literature--United States--History
    Scope: XIX, 330 S.
  8. Jazz in the time of the novel
    the temporal politics of American race and culture
    Author: Barnhart, Bruce
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Univ. of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa

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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780817318048
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism; Jazz in literature; Music in literature; Rhythm in literature; Time in literature
    Scope: 252 S.
  9. Toni Morrison and the Classical Tradition
    Transforming American Culture
    Author: Roynon, Tessa
    Published: 2014; ©2013
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford

    In this volume, Roynon explores Toni Morrison's widespread engagement with ancient Greek and Roman tradition. Combining original and detailed close readings with broader theoretical discussions, she argues that classicism is fundamental to the... more

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    In this volume, Roynon explores Toni Morrison's widespread engagement with ancient Greek and Roman tradition. Combining original and detailed close readings with broader theoretical discussions, she argues that classicism is fundamental to the transformative critique of American culture that Morrison's work effects. Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement -- 2. The New England Colonies and the Founding of the New Nation -- 3. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction -- 4. In Search of Home: the 1920s-1950s -- 5. Fighting for Rights: from Emmett Till's Murder to the Ronald Reagan Years -- 6. America, Africa, and Classical Traditions -- Conclusion: Splitting Open the World -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9780191501678
    Series: Classical Presences Ser.
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (233 pages)
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  10. A Study Guide for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggesti
    Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Gale, Cengage Learning, Farmington Hills

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781410352682
    Series: Literary Newsmakers for Students
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (32 pages)
  11. A Study Guide for Jennifer Donnelly's A Northern Light, excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggesti
    Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Gale, Cengage Learning, Farmington Hills

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    Source: Union catalogues
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    ISBN: 9781410354068
    Series: Literary Newsmakers for Students
    Subjects: American fiction--History and criticism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (26 pages)