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Bodies of life : Shaker literature and literacies
- Title
- Bodies of life : Shaker literature and literacies / Etta M. Madden.
- Author
- Madden, Etta M., 1962-
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS153.S54 M33 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 191 pages; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contributions to the study of religion, 0196-7053 ; no. 52
- Uniform Title
- Contributions to the study of religion ; no. 52.
- Subject
- Shakers > United States > Intellectual life
- Shakers > Books and reading > United States
- Shakers > In literature
- American literature > History and criticism
- Christian literature, American > History and criticism
- Christianity and literature > United States
- Christian communities in literature
- Christian life in literature
- Sects in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-182) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Varieties of Literary Experiences: An Overview of Shaker Writing and Reading -- 2. Letters, Spirits, and Bodies: The Shakers' Spiritual Literacies -- 3. Doctrinal Guides to Spiritual Literacies: McNemar's Kentucky Revival and Dunlavy's Manifesto -- 4. (Ad)dressing Naked Bodies with Pious Suffering: Writing and Readings of the 1816 Testimonies -- 5. Reading, Writing, Race, and Mother Imagery: The Literacies of Rebecca Cox Jackson and Alonzo Giles Hollister -- 6. Preserving the Body in Poetry: The Canterbury Obituary Journal and Funeral Rituals -- 7. Private Acts and Possible Worlds: Shaker Literacies at the Turn of the Century.
- ISBN
- 0313303037 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97030110
- OCLC
- 37426239
- ocm37426239
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries