The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 halaman This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... least in part , to have a legacy . But if the Revolution has changed with each succeeding generation , acknowledgment of this fact does not release the historian - even the historian as literary critic - into a realm of unbounded ...
... least in part , to have a legacy . But if the Revolution has changed with each succeeding generation , acknowledgment of this fact does not release the historian - even the historian as literary critic - into a realm of unbounded ...
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... least , the justification for a colony's right of revolution . Again , however , it is the interpenetration of these influences that counts in America . When in 1826 James Madison calls Jefferson " a ' walking Li- brary , ' " he is ...
... least , the justification for a colony's right of revolution . Again , however , it is the interpenetration of these influences that counts in America . When in 1826 James Madison calls Jefferson " a ' walking Li- brary , ' " he is ...
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... least understood because also least pleasant to contemplate . Critics have noted Paine's creative objectification of colonial unrest as patriotism and his corre- sponding articulation of the emotions of the mob . But how does he put the ...
... least understood because also least pleasant to contemplate . Critics have noted Paine's creative objectification of colonial unrest as patriotism and his corre- sponding articulation of the emotions of the mob . But how does he put the ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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