The feminization of American culture /
Douglas, Ann, 1942-
The feminization of American culture / Ann Douglas. - New York : Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©1998. - xv, 403 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1977. With a new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (page 346 388) and index.
Introduction : The legacy of American Victorianism : the meaning of Little Eva -- pt. 1. The sentimentalization of status. Clerical disestablishment -- Feminine disestablishment -- Ministers and mothers : changing and exchanging roles -- pt. 2. The sentimentalization of creed and culture. The loss of theology : from dogma to fiction -- The escape from history : the static imagination -- The domestication of death : the posthumous congregation -- The periodical press : arena for hostility -- pt. 3. Protest : case studies in American romanticism : Margaret Fuller and the disavowal of fiction -- Herman Melville and the revolt against the reader -- Epilogue.
Author explores the alliance, beginning in 1820, of two disenfranchised groups: the women of the middle class and the liberal Protestant clergy, both increasingly relegated to the edges of society (to the parlor, to the Sunday School, to the libraries) by the prevailing entrepreneurial forces.
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Geschichte 1800-1900.
1800-1899
Geschichte 1800-1900.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Religion and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Popular culture--History--United States--19th century.
Calvinism--History--United States--19th century.
Protestantism and literature--History--19th century.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Sentimentalism in literature.
American literature.
American literature--Women authors.
Calvinism.
Feminism and literature.
Popular culture.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Protestantism and literature.
Religion and literature.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Women and literature.
Frau.
Klerus.
Literatur.
Religion.
Trivialliteratur.
Frau.
Klerus.
Literatur.
Religion.
Trivialliteratur.
United States.
USA.
USA.
American literature History and criticism 19th century American literature Women authors History and criticism Calvinism History 19th century United States Feminism and literature History 19th century United States Popular culture History 19th century United States Popular culture Religious aspects Protestantism and literature History 19th century Religion and literature History 19th century United States Sentimentalism in literature Women and literature History 19th century United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS152 / .D6 1998
810.9/9287
The feminization of American culture / Ann Douglas. - New York : Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©1998. - xv, 403 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1977. With a new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (page 346 388) and index.
Introduction : The legacy of American Victorianism : the meaning of Little Eva -- pt. 1. The sentimentalization of status. Clerical disestablishment -- Feminine disestablishment -- Ministers and mothers : changing and exchanging roles -- pt. 2. The sentimentalization of creed and culture. The loss of theology : from dogma to fiction -- The escape from history : the static imagination -- The domestication of death : the posthumous congregation -- The periodical press : arena for hostility -- pt. 3. Protest : case studies in American romanticism : Margaret Fuller and the disavowal of fiction -- Herman Melville and the revolt against the reader -- Epilogue.
Author explores the alliance, beginning in 1820, of two disenfranchised groups: the women of the middle class and the liberal Protestant clergy, both increasingly relegated to the edges of society (to the parlor, to the Sunday School, to the libraries) by the prevailing entrepreneurial forces.
0374525587 9780374525583
98016732
Geschichte 1800-1900.
1800-1899
Geschichte 1800-1900.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Religion and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Popular culture--History--United States--19th century.
Calvinism--History--United States--19th century.
Protestantism and literature--History--19th century.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Sentimentalism in literature.
American literature.
American literature--Women authors.
Calvinism.
Feminism and literature.
Popular culture.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Protestantism and literature.
Religion and literature.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Women and literature.
Frau.
Klerus.
Literatur.
Religion.
Trivialliteratur.
Frau.
Klerus.
Literatur.
Religion.
Trivialliteratur.
United States.
USA.
USA.
American literature History and criticism 19th century American literature Women authors History and criticism Calvinism History 19th century United States Feminism and literature History 19th century United States Popular culture History 19th century United States Popular culture Religious aspects Protestantism and literature History 19th century Religion and literature History 19th century United States Sentimentalism in literature Women and literature History 19th century United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS152 / .D6 1998
810.9/9287