Preaching and the rise of the American novel

Creating the preacher's authority

The slow rise of the novel in America

The radical Protestant preaching of George Lippard

Secularizing the sermon in The scarlet letter

Playing preacher in Moby-Dick

The unsentimental woman preacher of Uncle Tom's cabin

The borrowed robes of Clotel; or, the President's daughter

Conclusion. The lingering rivalry: exposing the semon's limitations in William Dean Howells's The minister's charge.