The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 страница 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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... perspective of modern authorship , the beleaguered writer can impose a private text on a public audience . The ... Summary View of the Rights of British America ( 1774 ) and of Paine's Common Sense , both of which captivate in ...
... perspective of modern authorship , the beleaguered writer can impose a private text on a public audience . The ... Summary View of the Rights of British America ( 1774 ) and of Paine's Common Sense , both of which captivate in ...
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... Summary View of the Rights of British America ( 1774 ) and David Rittenhouse's An Oration Delivered February 24 , 1775 , Before the American Philosophical Society . Very different from each other , both nonetheless presage a mode of ...
... Summary View of the Rights of British America ( 1774 ) and David Rittenhouse's An Oration Delivered February 24 , 1775 , Before the American Philosophical Society . Very different from each other , both nonetheless presage a mode of ...
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... Summary View of the Rights of British America converts mundane historical fact into a vital possibil- ity . The truism that no European king has ever stood on western shores becomes , in Jefferson's hands , a matter of conscious choice ...
... Summary View of the Rights of British America converts mundane historical fact into a vital possibil- ity . The truism that no European king has ever stood on western shores becomes , in Jefferson's hands , a matter of conscious choice ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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