Angel and the Serpent The Story of New Harmony

Name: Angel and the Serpent The Story of New Harmony
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ISBN: 9780253203267

ISBN-10: 0253203260

ISBN-13: 9780253203267

Edition: 1984

Authors: William E. Wilson

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"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 ReviewWilson 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 TimesHere is the story of George Rapps German Harmonists and Robert Owens Idealiststhe 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…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/22/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

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.



Preface



Harmonie



The Community of Equality



And After



The Memorial of George Rapp and the Harmony Society, 1806



The Second Harmonist Contract, 1821


Selected Bibliography


Index