{"product_id":"viper-on-the-hearth-terryl-l-givens-9780199933808","title":"Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy (Updated)","description":"Published in 1997, Terryl Givens's \u003cem\u003eThe Viper on the Hearth\u003c\/em\u003e was widely praised as a landmark work--indeed, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e hailed it as \"one of the five best books on Mormonism.\" Now, in the wake of a tidal wave of Mormon-inspired artistic, literary, and political activity--ranging from the Broadway hit \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Mormon\u003c\/em\u003e, to the HBO series \u003cem\u003eBig Love\u003c\/em\u003e, to the political campaign of Mitt Romney--Givens presents an updated edition that addresses the continuing presence and reception of the Mormon image in contemporary culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Viper on the Hearth\u003c\/em\u003e showed how nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers frequently cast the Mormon as a stock villain in such fictional genres as mysteries, westerns, and popular romances. If today some authors like Tom Clancy use \"Mormon\" as shorthand for \"clean cut and patriotic,\" earlier writers more often depicted the Mormons as a violent and perverse people--the \"viper on the hearth\"--who sought to violate the domestic sphere of the mainstream. Givens is the first to reveal how popular fiction constructed an image of the Mormon as a religious and social Other. The list of authors includes both American and English writers, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery to Zane Grey's \u003cem\u003eRiders of the Purple Sage\u003c\/em\u003e, from Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003cem\u003eThe Dynamiter\u003c\/em\u003e to Jack London's \u003cem\u003eStar Rover\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this edition, Givens has expanded the final chapter, shedding further light on the Mormon presence in contemporary American culture, with insightful discussions of topics ranging from the musical, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Mormon\u003c\/em\u003e, to the political campaigns of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terryl L. Givens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199933804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199933808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Terryl L. Givens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946329538815,"sku":"9780199933808","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d31ff59f-2010-4aa8-81a3-cd51e7e1df64.jpg?v=1681512552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viper-on-the-hearth-terryl-l-givens-9780199933808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}