King, John Owen.

The iron of melancholy : structures of spiritual conversion in America from the Puritan conscience to Victorian neurosis / John Owen King, III. - 1st ed. - Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c1983. - ix, 456 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 337-444.

0819550701 : $37.50

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National characteristics, American.
Conversion--History.
Psychology, Religious--United States.


United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Religious life and customs.

E 169.1 / .K533 1983