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Description for Night Journeys
Hardback. Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. This title recounts how Quakers turned dreamwork into powerful stories that advanced a more inclusive vision of colonial and Revolutionary America. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC97; JMTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted simultaneously as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. Night Journeys recounts how Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned their sleeping experiences into powerful stories that advanced a more inclusive - but still imperial - vision of colonial and Revolutionary America. Quakers did not keep their dreams to themselves. On the American mainland, Caribbean plantations, and in the British Isles, Quakers were competing to shape their imperial culture when they circulated dreams beyond ... Read more
Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted simultaneously as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. Night Journeys recounts how Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned their sleeping experiences into powerful stories that advanced a more inclusive - but still imperial - vision of colonial and Revolutionary America. Quakers did not keep their dreams to themselves. On the American mainland, Caribbean plantations, and in the British Isles, Quakers were competing to shape their imperial culture when they circulated dreams beyond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923109
SKU
V9780813923109
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Reviews for Night Journeys
Night Journeys is a fascinating study of the meaning of dreams in the history of early Quakerism. Gerona combines meticulous scholarship with a sophisticated use of dream theory to trace the changing meanings of dreams as they were told and retold, both within and outside the Quaker community. - Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University; ""Carla Gerona offers an interesting and rich ... Read more