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Both swords and ploughshares
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ISBN: 1443884782 9781443884785 9781443881067 1443881066 Year: 2015 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This collection of essays examines interactions of war, peace and religion in the United States, a country where religious faith was, and still is, often deeply felt and widely held, where faith has provided a set of values to uphold with fervor or to transgress in protest, and where religion has been used to legitimize both armed violence and passive resistance. These essays analyze the mythos of America as a place of religious freedom, yet one imbued with a socially-imposed civil religion and underpinned by a heavy presumption of Protestant dominance. With subjects ranging from the War of In


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Questions of identity in detective fiction
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ISBN: 128219268X 9786612192685 1443809071 9781443809078 9781847183439 1847183433 Year: 2007 Publisher: Newcastle, UK Cambridge Scholars Pub.

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With essays by an international group of scholars, Questions of Identity in Detective Fiction delves into the ways in which this genre, given its status as popular yet marginalized literature, allows for the exploration of a wide range of meanings. Contributors examine how the genre both mirrors and focuses the personal/sexual/ ethnic/spiritual, how it interfaces with national literatures and histories, and how the generic identity of detective fiction has evolved over time. Chapters include ...

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