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UNCIVIL RITES: American Fiction, Religion, and the Public Sphere (Public Express Religion America) [Paperback]

Robert Detweiler (Author)

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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press (August 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252065808
ISBN-13: 978-0252065804
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,737,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Considering the national and international furor provoked by the "atom spy" trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during the early fifties, one is surprised that these dramatic and traumatic events have not inspired more literary artistry than they have. Read the first page

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body apocalyptic, sexual embodiment, public burning, body erotic

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New York, The Crucible, Agnes of God, Ethel Rosenberg, The Book of Daniel, United States, Wounded Knee, Bonny George, Uncle Sam, Toni Morrison, The Company of Women, New England, Baby Suggs, Mary Warren, Arthur Miller, Our Nig, Viet Cong, World War, American Indians, Christian Century, Framing History, Manifest Manners, Mary Gordon, Gunfighter Nation, Jean Baudrillard

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Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola on 8 pages
Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen on 7 pages
Agnes of God (Play) by John Pielmeier on 6 pages
The Culture of Pain by David B. Morris on 4 pages
No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture by Andrew Ross on page 19, page 20, and page 52

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The Lyrics of Civility (Garland Studies in American Popular History and Culture) by Kenneth Bielen in Back Matter
Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States (Public Express Religion America) by Peter W. Williams in Front Matter

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