Covenant and republic : historical romance and the politics of Puritanism /

Philip Gould investigates the cultural politics of historical memory in the early American republic, specifically the historical literature of Puritanism. By situating historical writing about Puritanism in the context of the cultural forces of Republicanism and liberalism, his study reconsiders the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gould, Philip (Philip B.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Colección:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 103.
Temas:
Cooper, James Fenimore, > 1789-1851. > Wept of Wish-ton-wish.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, > 1789-1867. > Hope Leslie.
Child, Lydia Maria, > 1802-1880. > Hobomok.
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, > 1802-1880.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, > 1789-1867.
Cooper, James Fenimore., > 1789-1851.
1800-1899
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and history > United States > History > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Puritans > United States > Historiography.
Puritan movements in literature.
Puritans in literature.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Puritains > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Puritanisme dans la littérature.
Puritains dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Historical fiction, American.
Literature and history.
Politics and literature.
Puritans > Historiography.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the historicity of historical fiction
  • The new Ebenezer: republican virtue, the puritan fathers, and early national history-writing
  • Catharine Sedgwick's 'Recital' of the Pequot War
  • Refashioning the Republic: gender, ideology, and the politics of virtue in Hobomok and Hope Leslie
  • The Hive of America: James Fenimore Cooper's The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish and the History of King Philip's War
  • Witch-hunting and the politics of reason
  • Afterword: American origins of puritan selves.

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