Cast Down: Abjection in America, 1700-1850

by Mark J. Miller

Derived from the Latin abiectus, literally meaning "thrown or cast down," "abjection" names the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible. In Western religious tradition, to be abject is to submit to bodily suffering or psychological mortification for the good of the soul. In Cast Down: Abjection in America, 1700-1850, Mark J. Miller argues that transatlantic Protestant discourses of abjection engaged with, and furthered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812248023
• ISBN13: 9780812248029
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"