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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Halaman 179
... women's writing . The emotion most frequently denied the educated eighteenth - century woman , or " learned lady " as she is pejoratively termed , is anger in her own cause . Since any strong assertion on her part runs the risk of that ...
... women's writing . The emotion most frequently denied the educated eighteenth - century woman , or " learned lady " as she is pejoratively termed , is anger in her own cause . Since any strong assertion on her part runs the risk of that ...
Halaman 183
... women's education to secure that equality , the type for equality in the Christian religion , the active danger of ignorance for women left alone in an unfriendly world , the arbitrary rule of " all arrogating man , " the double ...
... women's education to secure that equality , the type for equality in the Christian religion , the active danger of ignorance for women left alone in an unfriendly world , the arbitrary rule of " all arrogating man , " the double ...
Halaman 186
... women around her , these priorities are exactly reversed : family , then country , then self . The primary virtue of ... women must still ask for their rights . It may be that Thomas Paine , as the angriest revolutionary , comes closest ...
... women around her , these priorities are exactly reversed : family , then country , then self . The primary virtue of ... women must still ask for their rights . It may be that Thomas Paine , as the angriest revolutionary , comes closest ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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