Fears and Fascinations : Representing Catholicism in the American South.

Fears and Fascinations : Representing Catholicism in the American South.

This innovative book charts what had been a largely unexplored literary landscape, Thomas Haddox looks at the work of such diverse writers as the gens de couleur libre poets of antebellum New Orleans, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, Carson McCullers, Margaret Mitchell, Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Flannery...

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Main Author: Haddox, Thomas F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > In literature.
Catholic Church > Southern States > Historiography.
Catholic Church > Historiography.
Catholic Church
American literature > Catholic authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Catholics in literature.
Catholics > Southern States > Intellectual life.
Christianity and literature > Southern States.
American literature
American literature > Catholic authors
Catholics in literature
Catholics > Intellectual life
Christianity and literature
Historiography
Literature
Religion > Historiography
Southern States > Religion > Historiography.
Southern States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Catholic Miscegenations: The Cultural Legacy of Les Cenelles""; ""Chapter 2: Medieval Yearnings: A Catholicism for Whites in Nineteenth-Century Southern Literature""; ""Chapter 3: The Pleasures of Decadence: Catholicism in Kate Chopin, Carson McCullers, and Anne Rice""; ""Chapter 4: Agrarian Catholics: The Catholic Turn in Southern Literature""; ""Chapter 5: Toward Catholicism as Lifestyle: Walker Percy, John Kennedy Toole, and Rebecca Wells""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""

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