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

• Autore: Ryan James Emmett
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 285 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 289.6/73
• Soggetto topico: Quakers - United States; Quakers - United States - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imaginary friends
• ISBN: 1-282-27057-5; 0-299-23173-9; 9786612270574
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812864503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in American thought and culture.