TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Richmond B. TI - Harold Frederic's Social Drama and the Crisis of the 1890's Evangelical Protestant Culture SN - 9780773444546 AV - PS1707 .D332 2013 U1 - 818.409 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lewiston PB - The Edwin Mellen Press KW - Frederic, Harold, KW - Damnation of Theron Ware (Frederic, Harold) KW - fast KW - American literature KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Manners and customs in literature KW - Church in literature KW - Social history KW - Littérature américaine KW - 19e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - Mœurs et coutumes dans la littérature KW - Église dans la littérature KW - Histoire sociale KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - American KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - English KW - hilcc KW - Languages & Literatures KW - American Literature KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - HAROLD FREDERIC'S SOCIAL DRAMA AND THE CRISIS OF 1890s EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CULTURE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One -- Serpents v. Doves and the Sabe of ""Common Sense"": The Gospel According to Sister Soulsby; Chapter Two -- The Emblems of Modernity and Manners: Father Forbes, Dr. Ledsmar, and the Devolution of Theron Ware; Chapter Three -- Delusional Boredom: Celia Madden, Theron Ware, and the New Woman; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index N2 - The books written by Harold Frederic depict a self-made, properly Protestant American. Yet, in some of his books in particular The Damnation of Theron Ware, Frederic depicts self-made women, and challenges the idea that only men can attain culturally-defined success. The works offer an inversion of late 19th century gender-based expectations UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=577402 ER -