Bøger af Claudia Stokes

A young girl being abused neglected and abandoned by both her parents. She and her siblings were taken and placed into foster care by the state. The young girl and her siblings were separated and place into different homes. The young girl was confused, lost and humiliated to all the changes in her life. The young girl began to go into a state of depression. The one thing the girl knew was to pray daily to God. The abuse continued to worsen throughout her childhood.The young woman knew that her life belonged to God. She changed her life for the good and didn't want to be like her parents. The young woman remembered that praying to God could save her again. Once again God answered her prayers and when she encountered the evil of the world God was by her side. Through prayer God saved the young woman at every crossroad she had encountered.

We celebrate innovation and experimentation, but Claudia Stokes reminds us that nineteenth-century American writers instead valued familiarity and traditionalism, which provided reliable markers of literary quality. Old Style examines the varied uses and expressions of unoriginality, which helped credential marginalized writers.

The Altar at Home explores the many religious contexts and contents of the sentimental literature of the American nineteenth century, arguing that this genre played a dynamic role in the development of revivalism, millennialism, feminism, and other forms of heterodoxy.

Presenting an analysis of the American literary history, this work offers important insights into the practices, beliefs, and values that shaped the discipline. It reveals the forces, both inside and outside the academy, that propelled the rise of American literary history and persist as influences on the work of practitioners of the field.