Angel and the Serpent

The Story of New Harmony

AvWilliam E. Wilson

Häftad, Engelska, 1984

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Beskrivning

"The Angel and the Serpent is a book which combines scholarship and literary grace, and which recreates for us both the world of the Rappites and the Owenites." —Henry Steele Commager, The New York Times Book ReviewHere is the story of George Rapp's German Harmonists and Robert Owen's Idealists—the two vastly different communities that shaped the history of New Harmony, Indiana Both the Rappites and the Owenites came to New Harmony to conduct communal living experiments—Rapp expecting the millennium; Owen believing he had brought the millennium with him.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1984-04-22
Mått:152 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253203267

Utforska kategorier

Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

William E. Wilson (1906-1988) was a professor of English at Indiana University and the author of numerous books and articles as well as a beloved teacher. The Angel and the Serpent was one of his best known works.

Recensioner i media

"The Angel and the Serpent is a book which combines scholarship and literary grace, and which recreates for us both the world of the Rappites and the Owenites." Henry Steele Commager, The New York Times Book Review "Wilson writes with clarity and humor and has given us a work which will be valuable both to the cultural historian and to the general reader." St. Louis Globe Democrat "... exceedingly valuable addition to Indiana historiography" Indianapolis Times

Innehållsförteckning

PrefacePart One: HarmoniePart Two: The Community of EqualityPart Three: And AfterAppendix A: The Memorial of George Rapp and the Harmony Society, 1806Appendix B: The Second Harmonist Contract, 1821Selected BibliographyIndex