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Christian Science and American Literary History
Author(s) -
Squires L. Ashley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/lic3.12322
Subject(s) - scholarship , aesthetics , work (physics) , literature , history , psychology , sociology , philosophy , political science , art , law , engineering , mechanical engineering
The religious turn in American literary studies has produced new interest in religious movements from the turn of the 20th century, and due to the opening of archives, Christian Science is one possible direction that research in this area might turn. Yet until very recently, literary scholarship related to Christian Science has been extremely flawed, due mostly to over‐reliance on a few problematic sources. This article offers an overview of the issues that have impacted that research while suggesting that promising work is beginning to emerge.