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Format: 1 online resource (300 p.)

ISBN: 9780271076980

Content: The Crossroads of American History and Literature collects two decades' worth of the best-known essays of Philip F. Gura. Beginning with a definitive overview of studies of colonial literature, Gura ranges through such subjects in colonial American history as the intellectual life of the Connecticut River Valley, Cotton Mather's understanding of political leadership, and the religious upheavals of the Great Awakening. In the nineteenth century, he visits such varied topics as the history of print culture in rural communities, the philological interests of the Transcendentalist Elizabeth Peabody, the craft and business of the early Amerian music trades, and Thoreau's interest in exploration literature and in the Native American. Displaying remarkable sophistication in a variety of fields that, taken together, constitute the heart of American Studies, this collection illustrates the complexity of American cultural history.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Tangents to a Sphere -- , 1 The Study of Colonial American Literature, 1966-1987 -- , 2 Preparing the Way for Stoddard -- , 3 Cotton Mather's Life of Phips -- , 4 Solomon Stoddard's Irreverent Way -- , 5 Sowing for the Harvest -- , 6 Early Nineteenth-Century Printing in Rural Massachusetts -- , 7 The Reverend Parsons Cooke and Ware Factory Village -- , 8 The Transcendentalists and Language -- , 9 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and the Philosophy of Language -- , 10 Manufacturing Guitars for the American Parlor -- , 11 Thoreau and John Josselyn -- , 12 Thoreau's Maine Woods Indians -- , 13 Language and Meaning -- , Index -- , About the Author , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271076980

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271076980

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