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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... Washington turns , instead , to a separate text , a letter from a sympathetic member of Congress who offers to seek the necessary funding . The unfolding scene depends upon an eighteenth - century regard for specta- cle and for the ...
... Washington turns , instead , to a separate text , a letter from a sympathetic member of Congress who offers to seek the necessary funding . The unfolding scene depends upon an eighteenth - century regard for specta- cle and for the ...
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... Washington's address raises a fear of potential chaos - a fear expressed variously as licentiousness , a state of nature , the extreme of anarchy , and the ruins of liberty . Less conventional is Washington's astute resolution of the ...
... Washington's address raises a fear of potential chaos - a fear expressed variously as licentiousness , a state of nature , the extreme of anarchy , and the ruins of liberty . Less conventional is Washington's astute resolution of the ...
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... Washington's sense of persona or his prose . In this instance , his classical song of praise abruptly shifts toward eighteenth - century melodrama . Noting the many blessings that the United States enjoy , Washington warns that " if ...
... Washington's sense of persona or his prose . In this instance , his classical song of praise abruptly shifts toward eighteenth - century melodrama . Noting the many blessings that the United States enjoy , Washington warns that " if ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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