representing Quakers in American culture, 1650-1950 Ryan, James Emmett. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History. Electronic book. Electronic books. wiu Madison, Wis University of Wisconsin Press ©2009 2009 monographic eng 1 online resource (xii, 285 pages). From the Publisher: When Americans today think of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers, they may picture the smiling figure on boxes of oatmeal. But since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values and social habits have set them apart from other Americans. And their example-whether real or imagined-has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation. Portrayals of Quakers-from dangerous and anarchic figures in seventeenth-century theological debates to moral exemplars in twentieth-century theater and film (Grace Kelly in High Noon, for example)-reflected attempts by writers, speechmakers, and dramatists to grapple with the troubling social issues of the day. As foils to more widely held religious, political, and moral values, members of the Society of Friends became touchstones in national discussions about pacifism, abolition, gender equality, consumer culture, and modernity. 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. 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. James Emmett Ryan. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL n-us--- Society of Friends Quakers United States Quakers United States History RELIGION Christianity Quaker Quakers United States USA BX7635 .R93 2009 289.6/73 Ryan, James Emmett. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008039541 (OCoLC)259715909 9780299231736 0299231739 2008039541 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=296547 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=296547 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=296547 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=296547 Use copy MiAaHDL OCLCE 100709 20200709055229.0 ocn646514736 eng