Viper on the Hearth - Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy

Zusatztext A wonderfully thought-through look at the interrelationships between fiction! religion! and the culture of humor/hostility....It represents a significant contribution to our understanding of literary relations. Klappentext Nineteenth-century American writers frequently cast the Mormon as a stock villain in such fictional genres as mysteries! westerns! and popular romances. The Mormons were depicted as a violent and perverse people--the "viper on the hearth"--who sought to violate the domestic sphere of the mainstream. While other critics have mined the socio-political sources of anti-Mormonism! Givens is the first to reveal how popular fiction! in its attempt to deal with the sources and nature of this conflict! constructed an image of the Mormon as a religious and social "Other." Zusammenfassung Nineteenth-century American writers frequently cast the Mormon as a stock villain in various genres of popular fiction. The Mormons were depicted as a violent and perverse people. Applying the methods of literary criticism, Givens shows how the image of the Mormon as a religious and social `Other' was constructed.

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• Authors: Terryl Givens, Terryl L. Givens, Terryl L. (Professor of Literature and Rel Givens, Givens Terryl L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.1997
• EAN: 9780195101836
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510183-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Religion in America; Religion in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / United States / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form