Imaginary friends : representing Quakers in American culture, 1650-1950 / James Emmett Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, James Emmett.

Series:

Studies in American thought and culture.

Studies in American thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quakers--United States.

Quakers.

Quakers--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 285 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spanning four centuries, Imaginary Friends takes readers through the shifting representations of Quaker life in a wide range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film. It illustrates the ways that, during the long history of Quakerism in the United States, these "imaginary" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: National Identity, Representation, and Genre

1 Quaker Religion in Colonial New England

2 Political Theory and Quaker Community in the Early Republic

3 Chronicles of Friendship: Quaker Historiography in the Early Republic

4 Quaker Biography in Transatlantic Context

5 Representing Quakers in American Fiction

6 Staging Quakerism: Theater and Cinema

Epilogue

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612270574

9781282270572

1282270575

9780299231736

0299231739

OCLC:

646514736

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08787 hdl