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

Author: Ryan, James Emmett.

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

Descriptionxii, 285 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and index.



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