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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 198 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813940816 0813940818 9780813940809 081394080X |