American madonna : images of the divine woman in literary culture
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PS217.M35 G38 1997
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PS217.M35 G38 1997
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | PS217.M35 G38 1997 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Protestant authors -- History and criticism.
Christian saints in literature.
Christianity and literature -- United States.
Electronic books.
Femininity in literature.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- United States.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature.
Women and literature -- United States.
Women in literature.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Protestant authors -- History and criticism.
Christian saints in literature.
Christianity and literature -- United States.
Electronic books.
Femininity in literature.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- United States.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature.
Women and literature -- United States.
Women in literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Amerikaans.
Beeldcultuur.
Christianisme et littérature -- États-Unis.
Femme (Théologie chrétienne) dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis.
Féminité dans la littérature.
Geschichte
Letterkunde.
Literatur
Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine -- Auteurs protestants -- Histoire et critique.
Marie, -- Sainte Vierge -- Culte -- États-Unis.
Marie, -- Sainte Vierge -- Dans la littérature.
Marie, Sainte Vierge dans la littérature.
Mariendichtung
Marienverehrung
Mary, -- Mother of Jesus Christ -- Cult -- United States.
Mary, -- Mother of Jesus Christ -- In literature.
Religieuze aspecten.
Saints chrétiens dans la littérature.
USA
Vrouwelijkheid.
Vrouwen.
Beeldcultuur.
Christianisme et littérature -- États-Unis.
Femme (Théologie chrétienne) dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis.
Féminité dans la littérature.
Geschichte
Letterkunde.
Literatur
Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine -- Auteurs protestants -- Histoire et critique.
Marie, -- Sainte Vierge -- Culte -- États-Unis.
Marie, -- Sainte Vierge -- Dans la littérature.
Marie, Sainte Vierge dans la littérature.
Mariendichtung
Marienverehrung
Mary, -- Mother of Jesus Christ -- Cult -- United States.
Mary, -- Mother of Jesus Christ -- In literature.
Religieuze aspecten.
Saints chrétiens dans la littérature.
USA
Vrouwelijkheid.
Vrouwen.
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Book
Physical Desc
xii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index.
Description
This book explores a notable if unlikely undercurrent of interest in Mary as mythical Madonna that has persisted in American life and letters from 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 Frederic, Henry Adams, and T.S. Eliot.
Description
Author John Gatta delineates a countercultural pattern of mythic assertion that has yet to be acknowledged in standard surveys of American cultural or literary history. Gatta argues that flirtation with the Marian cultus offered Protestant writers symbolic compensation for what might be culturally diagnosed as a deficiency of psychic femininity, or anima, in America.
Description
He argues that these literary configurations of the mythical Madonna express a subsurface cultural resistance to the prevailing rationalism and pragmatism of the American mind in an age of entrepreneurial conquest.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gatta, J. (1997). American madonna: images of the divine woman in literary culture . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gatta, John, 1946-. 1997. American Madonna: Images of the Divine Woman in Literary Culture. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gatta, John, 1946-. American Madonna: Images of the Divine Woman in Literary Culture New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Gatta, J. (1997). American madonna: images of the divine woman in literary culture. New York: Oxford University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gatta, John. American Madonna: Images of the Divine Woman in Literary Culture Oxford University Press, 1997.
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