Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 276 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
1st paperback ed
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812219511
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9780812202380
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9780812219517
Serie:
Early American studies
Inhalt:
From the staged debates over religious enthusiasm to the earnest offerings of ordinary men and women to speak to and for God, Doomsayers shows that the contest between prophets and their critics for the allegiance of the reading public was part of a broader recalibration of the norms and values of civic discourse in the age of revolution.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: The Making of a Prophet -- 2: Varieties of Prophecy: Fortune-Tellers, Visionists, and Millenarians -- 3: Body and Soul: The Epistemology of Revelation -- 4: Millenarian Politics: Language and the Public Sphere -- 5: A Rogues' Gallery: Richard Brothers and Nimrod Hughes -- 6: Women of Revelation: Jemima Wilkinson and Joanna Southcott -- Epilogue -- Index.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally published: 2003
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyrights Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1: The Making of a Prophet""; ""2: Varieties of Prophecy: Fortune-Tellers, Visionists, and Millenarians""; ""3: Body and Soul: The Epistemology of Revelation""; ""4: Millenarian Politics: Language and the Public Sphere""; ""5: A Rogues' Gallery: Richard Brothers and Nimrod Hughes""; ""6: Women of Revelation: Jemima Wilkinson and Joanna Southcott""; ""Epilogue""; ""Index""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812219517
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Doomsayers : Anglo-American Prophecy in the Age of Revolution
Sprache:
Englisch
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