American Madonna : Images of the Divine Woman in Literary Culture.

American Madonna : Images of the Divine Woman in Literary Culture.

This book explores a notable if unlikely undercurrent of interest in Mary as mythical Madonna that has persisted in American life and letters from fairly early in the nineteenth century into the later twentieth. This imaginative involvement with the Divine Woman -- verging at times ondevotional homa...

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Main Author: Gatta, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > In literature.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > United States.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Protestant authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Christianity and literature > United States.
Women in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Women and literature > United States.
Christian saints in literature.
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