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FEARS AND FASCINATIONS Representing Catholicism in the American South  Thomas F. Haddox Fordham University Press New York  Copyright 䉷  Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick) Fears and fascinations : representing Catholicism in the American South / Thomas F. Haddox.—st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN --- (hardcover) . American literature—Southern States—History and criticism. . American literature—Catholic authors—History and criticism. . Catholic Church—Southern States—Historiography. . Catholics— Southern States—Intellectual life. . Christianity and literature— Southern States. . Southern States—Religion—Historiography. . Catholic Church—In literature. . Catholics in literature. I. Title. PS.H  .⬘—dc  Printed in the United States of America         First edition ...

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