Puritan Origins of the American Self - With a New Preface

Klappentext "Perhaps the most penetrating examination yet published of 'the sources of our obsessive concern with the meaning of America.'"--Jack P. Greene! "History" "The most valuable achievement in colonial American literature since the best work of Perry Miller."--David Levin! "William and Mary Quarterly" "A brave and brilliant book...that is the most significant and far-reaching contribution to the theory of American literature in recent years."--Alan Trachtenberg! "Partisan Review" "A study which reaches with daring ease from the Bible and Augustine to Emerson and Whitman... (and) offers an agenda for the next several decades of scholarly work on colonial religious studies."--John F. Wilson! "Theology Today" "(Bercovitch) casts a dazzling light on the myth of America and the conundrums of individuality and community that are the core of the American character."--Michael Zuckerman! "Early American Literature" Zusammenfassung Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language! myth! and society! this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context.

Product details

• Authors: Sacvan Bercovitch, Bercovitch Sacvan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9780300172416
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17241-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches