Format:
1 online resource (654 pages)
ISBN:
9780199719082
Content:
Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and modern languages and whose marginal annotations include quotations from Euripides, Herodotus, and Milton. And yet there has never been a literary life of our most literary president.In The Road to Monticello, Kevin J. Hayes fills this important gap by offering a lively account of Jefferson's spiritual and intellectual development, focusing on the books and ideas that exerted the most profound influence on him. Moving chronologically through Jefferson's.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PART I: THE EDUCATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON -- 1. Fire! -- 2. A Boy and His Books -- 3. A Correct, Classical Scholar -- 4. William and Mary -- 5. The Williamsburg Circle -- 6. The Limits of English Law -- 7. A Shelf of Notebooks -- 8. Becoming a Burgess -- PART II: FAMILY AND NATION -- 9. Domestic Life and Literary Pursuits -- 10. Rude Bard of the North -- 11. A Summary View of the Rights of British America -- 12. The Pen and the Tomahawk -- 13. The Declaration of Independence -- 14. The Book Culture of Philadelphia and Williamsburg, Contrasted -- 15. Of Law and Learning -- 16. Lines of Communication -- 17. Notes on the State of Virginia -- 18. The Narrow House -- 19. An American Odyssey -- PART III: OUR MAN IN PARIS -- 20. Bookman in Paris -- 21. Talking about Literature -- 22. London Town -- 23. Summer of '86 -- 24. An Inquisitive Journey through France and Italy -- 25. A Tour through Holland and the Rhine Valley -- 26. Last Days in Paris -- PART IV: SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE -- 27. The Young Idea -- 28. The Anas -- 29. Letters from a Virginia Farmer -- 30. The Vice President and the Printed Word -- 31. The First Inaugural Address -- 32. The Wall of Separation -- 33. "Life of Captain Lewis" -- 34. The President as Patron of Literature -- PART V: MONTICELLO -- 35. Return to Monticello -- 36. Letters to an Old Friend -- 37. The Library of Congress -- 38. The Retirement Library -- 39. The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth -- 40. The Autobiography -- 41. The University of Virginia from Dream to Reality -- 42. The Life and Soul of the University -- Acknowledgments -- An Essay on Sources -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195307580
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195307580
Language:
English
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