Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature Secularism in Antebellum America: With Reference to Ghosts, Protestant Subcultures, Machines, and Their Metaphors; Featuring Discussion of Mass Media, “Moby-Dick,” Spirituality, Phrenology, Anthropology, Sing Sing State Penitentiary, and Sex with the New Motive Power

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Book Review| December 01 2013 Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature Secularism in Antebellum America: With Reference to Ghosts, Protestant Subcultures, Machines, and Their Metaphors; Featuring Discussion of Mass Media, “Moby-Dick,” Spirituality, Phrenology, Anthropology, Sing Sing State Penitentiary, and Sex with the New Motive Power Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination. By Freedman, Linda. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press. 2011. x, 210 pp. $90.00.Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. By Lee, Maurice S.. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 2012. x, 239 pp. $65.00.Secularism in Antebellum America: With Reference to Ghosts, Protestant Subcultures, Machines, and Their Metaphors; Featuring Discussion of Mass Media, “Moby-Dick,” Spirituality, Phrenology, Anthropology, Sing Sing State Penitentiary, and Sex with the New Motive Power. By Modern, John Lardas. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. 2011. xxxiv, 313 pp. $40.00. Erin A. Smith Erin A. Smith Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2013) 85 (4): 821–824. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2367355 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Erin A. Smith; Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature Secularism in Antebellum America: With Reference to Ghosts, Protestant Subcultures, Machines, and Their Metaphors; Featuring Discussion of Mass Media, “Moby-Dick,” Spirituality, Phrenology, Anthropology, Sing Sing State Penitentiary, and Sex with the New Motive Power. American Literature 1 December 2013; 85 (4): 821–824. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2367355 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2013 by Duke University Press2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.