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The viper on the hearth : Mormons, myths, and the construction of heresy / Terryl L. Givens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Givens, Terryl.
- Series:
- Religion in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latter Day Saint churches--Controversial literature.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Controversial literature.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- Updated ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1997, Terryl Givens's 'The Viper on the Hearth' was praised as a new classic in Mormon studies. In the wake of Mormon-inspired and -created artistic, literary, and political activity - today's 'Mormon moment' - Givens presents a revised and updated edition of his book to address the continuing presence and reception of the Mormon image in contemporary culture.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Mormonism, Politics, and History; 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; PART TWO: Mormonism and Fiction; 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 Seduction8. "Murder and Mystery- Mormon Style ": The Mormon Image in the Twentieth Century-and Beyond; Notes; 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
- Includes bibliographical references (p.189-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-998513-8
- 1-299-45782-7
- 0-19-998512-X
- OCLC:
- 922971762
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