02888nam 2200637Ia 450 991081286450332120240418053039.01-282-27057-50-299-23173-997866122705742027/heb08787(CKB)1000000000817490(dli)HEB08787(SSID)ssj0000338915(PQKBManifestationID)11274308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338915(PQKBWorkID)10323573(PQKB)10814791(MiAaPQ)EBC3444858(OCoLC)646514736(MdBmJHUP)muse12392(Au-PeEL)EBL3444858(CaPaEBR)ebr10315775(CaONFJC)MIL227057(MiU)MIU01000000000000011661684(EXLCZ)99100000000081749020080926d2009 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrImaginary friends representing Quakers in American culture, 1650-1950 /James Emmett Ryan1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20091 online resource (xii, 285 p. ) ill. ;Studies in American thought and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-299-23174-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Studies in American thought and culture.QuakersUnited StatesQuakersUnited StatesHistoryQuakersQuakersHistory.289.6/73Ryan James Emmett873170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812864503321Imaginary friends1949266UNINA