Of saints and sinners: religion and the Civil War and Reconstruction novel

Exploring religious themes, idioms, and language in Albion Tourgée's and Thomas Dixon Jr.'s most noteworthy novels on the Civil War and Reconstruction, this study suggests that religion provided a critically important medium to discuss sectional and race relations. Attention to religion ex...

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Main Author: Blum, Edward J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2002
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2002, Volume: 4
Further subjects:B Thomas
B Tourgée
B Albion Winegar
B 1838-1905
B Southern States in literature
B 1864-1946
B American literature; 1800-1899
B Southern States; Race relations
B Dixon
B United States; History; 1861-1865 (Civil War)
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