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The Valiant Woman: The Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
By Alvarez, Elizabeth Hayes
- ISBN
- 9781469627410 9781469627427
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Reviewed on March 1, 2016 | Spiritualandreligion
Alvarez (religion, Temple Univ.) has written a well-researched exploration of America's widespread interest in the Virgin Mary between the Immaculate Conception declaration of 1854 and its semicentennial in 1904. In five roughly chronological and thematic chapters, Alvarez examines specific moments in Mariology through cultural sources such as conversion fiction, the popular press, mass-produced Marian imagery, and acclaimed art history texts. She convincingly argues that Americans of the peri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
