ANGELS OF BEECHER STOWE

  • M.M. Kalinichenko
Keywords: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Puritanism, Calvinism, Second Great Awakening, American Renaissance

Abstract

The article addresses the problem of discursive interaction of the literary heritage of Harriet Beecher Stowe with Puritan religious culture of the United States of the first half of the XIX century. The history of formation of expressively anti-Puritan worldview of the author of the bestseller “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is considered, the features of its artistic realization are analyzed in the most famous works of the writer.

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Published
2019-04-08
Pages
139-134
Section
СЕКЦІЯ 2 МІЖКУЛЬТУРНА КОМУНІКАЦІЯ