Doomsayers : Anglo-American prophecy in the age of Revolution /
The age of revolution, in which kings were dethroned, radical ideals of human equality embraced, and new constitutions written, was also the age of prophecy. Neither an archaic remnant nor a novel practice, prophecy in the eighteenth century was rooted both in the primitive worldview of the Old Test...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2006.
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Edition: | 1st paperback ed. |
Series: | Early American studies.
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Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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