Missionary Positions: Evangelicalism and Empire in American Fiction

by Albert H. Tricomi

"Valuable for scholars across disciplines including American literature, cultural studies, religious studies, and more. Missionary Positions identifies a new sub-genre in American literature--the missionary novel--and then examines key works to gauge cultural debates over America's role in the world."--Tisa Wenger, Yale Divinity School The central premise of Missionary Positions is that missionary evangelicalism has been an integral feature of American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813035457
• ISBN13: 9780813035451
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"