Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel The Minister’s Wooing

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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel *The Minister’s Wooing* is a 19th-century work of domestic and historical fiction set in New England that explores Calvinist theology, moral reform, and women’s inner lives against the backdrop of early American society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
work of fiction
addresses New England religious culture
gender roles in early America
tension between doctrine and feeling
author Harriet Beecher Stowe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationCountry United States NERFINISHED
firstPublicationMedium The Atlantic Monthly NERFINISHED
genre domestic fiction
historical fiction
hasCharacter Candace NERFINISHED
James Marvyn NERFINISHED
Mrs. Scudder NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasMainCharacter Dr. Samuel Hopkins NERFINISHED
Mary Scudder NERFINISHED
hasSubject American history
abolitionism
courtship
family life
theology
hasTargetAudience adult readers
influencedBy Calvinism NERFINISHED
New England Puritan tradition NERFINISHED
literaryMovement 19th-century American literature
literaryPeriod 19th century
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of New England Calvinism
integration of religious debate into domestic narrative
portrayal of women’s moral agency
originalLanguage English
publicationForm serialized novel
relatedWork Oldtown Folks NERFINISHED
Uncle Tom’s Cabin NERFINISHED
setInFictionalizedVersionOf Rhode Island NERFINISHED
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation New England NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early American republic
theme Calvinist theology
Providence NERFINISHED
domesticity
marriage and courtship
moral reform
religious doubt
slavery and abolitionism
social reform
women’s inner lives

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Mary Scudder appearsIn Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel The Minister’s Wooing