Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in American Literature

This monograph treats the biblical figure of Esther and her reception in nineteenth-century American literature. After providing an understanding of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible and its contested acceptance over centuries in various scriptural canons, the work focuses on the reception of the Esther text in America.

Preface
I. The Death of Male Sacrifice: Margaret Fuller and the Flowering of a New God
II. Esther as Type: The Search for a Figure of Female Redemption
III.'A' is for Atonement: Hawthorne and Hester
IV. Beyond Redemption: Queen Esther, Zenobia, and Miriam
V. The Education Of Esther: Henry Adams and the Eternal Woman
VI. The Face Of Female Salvation: Clover Adams and the Art of Transfiguration