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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Main Author:	Gunn, Giles B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
Series:	Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. Religion and literature > United States. Enlightenment > Influence. Religion in literature.