Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 276 p)
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ill
Edition:
1st paperback ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812219511
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9780812202380
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9780812219517
Series Statement:
Early American studies
Content:
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.
Content:
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.
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812219517
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Doomsayers : Anglo-American Prophecy in the Age of Revolution
Language:
English
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