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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2017.
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Colección: | Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813940809 081394080X 9780813940823 0813940826 |