The pragmatist turn: religion, the Enlightenment, and the formation of American literature
In The Pragmatist Turn, renowned scholar Giles Gunn offers a new critical history on the ways in which seventeenth-century religion and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment influenced the formation of the American literary canon. Engaging with the work of authors ranging from Melville and Douglass t...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Press
2017
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2017 |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
American literature
History and criticism
B Religion in literature B United States B Religion ; Philosophy B Enlightenment ; Influence B Religion and literature (United States) B LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General B Religion and literature B Enlightenment Influence B Criticism, interpretation, etc B American literature |
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| Σύνοψη: | In The Pragmatist Turn, renowned scholar Giles Gunn offers a new critical history on the ways in which seventeenth-century religion and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment influenced the formation of the American literary canon. Engaging with the work of authors ranging from Melville and Douglass to Dickinson and Morrison, he reveals the roots of a pragmatist consciousness at the heart of American culture. -- Back cover The difficulty of beginnings -- Puritan ascendance and decline -- Enlightenment and a new age dawning -- The pragmatist refiguration of American narratives -- The Jamesian component -- Religion and the Enlightenment under the sign of the modern and beyond. |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 198 pages) |
| ISBN: | 081394080X |
