IMAGINARY FRIENDS |
Subtitle:
Representing Quakers in American Culture, 1650-1950
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Book Category:
Social Science > General
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Author:
Ryan, James Emmett
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 13:
978029231743
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Price:
USD 26.95
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Publication Year:
2009
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Publisher Info
Lindsey Meier,
University of Wisconsin Press,1930 Monroe St.,
Madison ,
Wisconsin - 53711,USA
Web: uwpress.wisc.edu Inquiry
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 U.S., these "imaginary" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself.
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Book Review and Awards
Choice OAT; ForeWord Magazine; New England Quarterly; Journal of American History; Churck History; American Historical Review