The Viper on the Hearth : Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy.

The Viper on the Hearth : Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy.

Nineteenth-century American writers cast the Mormon as a villain in fictional genres. The Mormons were depicted as a violent people who sought to violate the domestic sphere of the mainstream. This work shows how popular fiction constructed an image of the Mormon as a religious and social "othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Givens, Terryl
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Controversial literature > History and criticism.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1800-1899
Latter Day Saint churches > Controversial literature > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature
Controversial literature
Latter Day Saint churches > Controversial literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction; 1 "Out of the Sphere of Religion": The Sacred, the Profane, and the Mormons; 2 "This Upstart Sect": The Mormon Problem in American History; 3 "Manners, Habits, Customs, and Even Dialect": Sources of the Mormon Conflict; 4 "An Age of Humbugs": The Contemporary Scene; 5 "This Great Modern Abomination": Orthodoxy and Heresy in American Religion; 6 "Ground in the Presbyterian Smut Machine": The Popular Press, Fiction, and Moral Crusading; 7 "They Ain't Whites ... They're Mormons": Fictive Responses to the Anxiety of Seduction.
  • 8 "Murder and Mystery--Mormon Style": The Mormon Image in the Twentieth CenturyNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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