Spiritual Narratives

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Oxford University Press, 1988 - Literary Criticism - 445 pages
These narratives by four famous black woman preachers and evangelists, published between 1835 and 1907, all share a theme that continues to dominate Afro-American literature even today: the power of Christianity to give strength and comfort in the struggle for liberation from caste and gender restrictions.

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Spiritual Narratives

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Spiritual Narratives

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Spiritual Narratives
Sue E. Houchins,Maria W. Stewart,Jarena Lee,Julia A. J. Foote,Virginia W. Broughton
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About the author (1988)

S. E. Houchins is at Scripps College.

Bibliographic information

TitleSpiritual Narratives
Schomburg Library of Nineteent
Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers
Spiritual Narratives, Sue E. Houchins, ISBN 0195052676, 9780195052671
ContributorSue E. Houchins
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherOxford University Press, 1988
ISBN0195052668, 9780195052664
Length445 pages
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Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Religion / Christianity / History
Religion / Spirituality
  
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