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245 10 a| Perpetual scriptures in nineteenth-century Americah| [electronic resource] :b| literary, religious, and political quests for textual authority /c| Jeff Smith.;

260 a| New York :b| Bloomsbury Academic,c| 2023.;

300 a| viii, 293 pages ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-285) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : a nation founded on writing -- 1 The "world's oldest book" and the crisis of scriptural authority -- 2 Revivals, reaction, and the ultra-Protestants -- 3 Scriptures as sepulchres : Unitarians and Transcendentalists -- 4 Spirit and kingdom : language, social action, and the "true reviving" -- 5 American parascriptures : the making of a political canon -- 6 Sacred ephemera : literature, news, and Uncle Tom's cabin -- 7 Walt Whitman's "New Bible" and the spiritual vitalizing of facts -- 8 Slavery, liberty, and the three great charters -- 9 Lincoln's miniature Bible : salvation history in the Gettysburg address -- Conclusion : the new American Testaments.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

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Perpetual scriptures in nineteenth-century America literary, religious, and political quests for textual authority / Jeff Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Jeff
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Description	viii, 293 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	American literature--19th century. --History and criticism. Religion and literature--United States. --History. --19th century. Politics and literature--United States. --History. --19th century. United States--Religion. --19th century. United States--Politics and government. --19th century.

Contents	Introduction : a nation founded on writing -- 1 The "world's oldest book" and the crisis of scriptural authority -- 2 Revivals, reaction, and the ultra-Protestants -- 3 Scriptures as sepulchres : Unitarians and Transcendentalists -- 4 Spirit and kingdom : language, social action, and the "true reviving" -- 5 American parascriptures : the making of a political canon -- 6 Sacred ephemera : literature, news, and Uncle Tom's cabin -- 7 Walt Whitman's "New Bible" and the spiritual vitalizing of facts -- 8 Slavery, liberty, and the three great charters -- 9 Lincoln's miniature Bible : salvation history in the Gettysburg address -- Conclusion : the new American Testaments.
Abstract	"Connecting several crucial developments in America's nationally formative period, this book shows how seemingly separate debates and movements in literature, religion, and politics reflect shared anxieties over the problem of textual authority"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-285) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023001433
ISBN	9781501398957 (hardback)
ISBN	9781501398995 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	(pdf)
ISBN	(ebook other)

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