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Theodicies in conflict : a dilemma in puritan ethics and nineteenth-century American literature

Title
Theodicies in conflict : a dilemma in puritan ethics and nineteenth-century American literature / Richard Forrer.
Author
Forrer, Richard.
Publication
New York : Greenwood Press, ©1986.

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Book/TextUse in library PS217.T48 F67 1986Off-site

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Description
xiv, 288 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Contributions to the study of religion, 0196-7053 ; no. 17
Uniform Title
Contributions to the study of religion ; no. 17.
Alternative Title
Dilemma in Puritan ethics and nineteenth-century American literature
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Didactic literature, American > History and criticism
  • Christian literature, American > History and criticism
  • Christian ethics > United States > History
  • Puritan movements in literature
  • Religion and literature > United States
  • Puritans > United States
  • Theodicy in literature
  • American literature
  • Christian ethics
  • Christian literature, American
  • Didactic literature, American
  • Puritans
  • Religion and literature
  • Literatur
  • Puritanismus
  • Ethik
  • Theodizee
  • Theodicee
  • Puritanisme
  • Literatuur
  • Geschichte (1800-1860)
  • Geschichte (1660-1860)
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [271]-277.
Contents
pt. I.A Theological Legacy -- A Dilemma in Puritan Ethics -- The Puritan Theodicy -- Jonathan Edwards: Morality and a Sovereign God -- The Rationalistic Theodicy -- Theodicies in Conflict -- pt. II. A Literacy Legacy -- William Dunlap and James Fenimore Cooper: A Problematical American Revolution -- James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Novels: A Hybrid Theodicy -- Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: Another Hybrid Theodicy -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Refocusing of Vision -- Moby-Dick: An Unorthodox Theodicy.
ISBN
  • 0313251916
  • 9780313251917
LCCN
85027220
OCLC
  • ocm12946129
  • 12946129
  • SCSB-644269
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library