Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism (eBook, ePUB)

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Excerpt: 'The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The reader will go back with us to a time- not very remote - when nothing was known of Phrenology and Psychology; when men and women were persecuted, and even put to death, through the baldest ignorance and the most pitiable superstition. If we were to go back still farther, to the Holy Wars, we should find cities and nations drenched in human blood through religious bigotry and intolerance. Let us thank God that our lot is cast in a more fortunate age, when the light of revelation, rightly interpreted by the aid of science, points to the Source of all knowledge, all truth, all light. When we know more of Anatomy, Physiology, Physiognomy, and the Natural Sciences generally, there will be a spirit of broader liberality, religious tolerance, and individual freedom. Then all men will hold themselves accountable to God, rather than to popes, priests, or parsons. Our progenitors lived in a time that tried men's souls, as the following lucid review most painfully shows.'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783985313631
• Artikelnr.: 62533975

Autorenporträt

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author most famously known for her novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' a poignant narrative that exposed the harsh realities of slavery and played a significant role in galvanizing public opinion against the institution. Stowe's writing was informed by her staunch moral beliefs, nurtured by her upbringing in a religious family deeply committed to social justice. As the daughter of a Congregationalist minister, Lyman Beecher, and sister to clergyman and social reformer Henry Ward Beecher, Stowe was situated at the heart of the abolitionist movement. Her literary career spanned genres from the domestic novel to travel writing, but she engaged her readership chiefly with texts confronting social issues, like those in 'The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism.' Here, Stowe explores historical instances of social hysteria and their ominous parallels to her present, providing insights into the recurring moral panics that punctuate American history. Her eloquent narrative style, combined with her advocacy for the disenfranchised, has earned her a place as an iconic literary figure. She published over 30 books, but it is her empathetic storytelling and commitment to social reform that secure her legacy in American letters.